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 |
|---|---|
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| bog | wet spongy ground |