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 |
|---|---|
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| bauble | trinket |