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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|---|---|
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
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| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
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