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 |
|---|---|
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| docile | easily taught |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| lugubrious | mournful |