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 |
|---|---|
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| mortician | undertaker |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |