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 |
|---|---|
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| countenance | look |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |