GRE Word List

RANCID

having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition

The meaning of the word rancid is having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition.

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WordMeaning
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
trampto walk, tread, or step especially heavily
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
combustiblecapable of combustion
precedentprior in time, order, arrangement, or significance
delveexcavate