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 |
|---|---|
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| grotto | cave |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |