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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| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |