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 |
|---|---|
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| congenial | pleasant |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |