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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impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
prattle | prate |
unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |