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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perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
liabilitythe quality or state of being liable
scenarioan outline or synopsis of a play
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
conundruman intricate and difficult problem
abnegationdenial
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order