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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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opiatean alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
anomalousinconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
palliddeficient in color : wan
inadvertentlyunintentional
apiaristbeekeeper
engenderbeget
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation