GRE Word List
NOISOME
noxious
The meaning of the word noisome is noxious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| paramour | lover |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |