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 |
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| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| osseous | bony |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |