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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| Word | Meaning |
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| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |