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 |
|---|---|
| imprecation | curse |
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| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
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| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
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