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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anthropologistthe science of human beings
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presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
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jostleto come in contact or into collision
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