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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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luxuriantyielding abundantly : fertile
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
brawnthe flesh of a boar
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
consanguinitythe quality or state of being consanguineous
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God
platonicof, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil