Rank

1. A relative position or grade. He held the rank of Major.
2. A row, line, series, or range. The soldier lined up in ranks.
3. A body of people classed together. He joined the ranks of the unemployed
4. Any of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard. His king was on the fourth rank.
5. Growing profusely or with excessive vigor. There was rank vegetation in the jungle.
6. Strong and offensive odor or flavor. The rank smell came from the open sewer.
7. Conspicuously offensive. It was rank treachery by the leader.
8. Absolute; complete. She was a rank amateur when it came to horses.