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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| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |