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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WordMeaning
routa state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
defalcatededuct
lopsidedleaning to one side
valorstrength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
lexicona book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary
raspto rub with something rough
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt