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 |
|---|---|
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |