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 |
|---|---|
| executor | one who executes something |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| niggle | trifle |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |