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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| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| farce | stuff |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |