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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cremateto subject to cremation
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
delusionsomething that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
celerityrapidity of motion or action
loftan upper room or floor : attic
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
unassuagednot quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
sovereigntysupreme power especially over a body politic