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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cadeta younger brother or son
filchto steal secretly or casually
appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
belateddelayed beyond the usual time
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
tangentialtouching lightly : incidental
bewareto be on one's guard
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly