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 |
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| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| cryptic | secret |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |