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 |
|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| fluke | flatfish |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |