GRE Word List
NOXIOUS
physically harmful or destructive to living beings
The meaning of the word noxious is physically harmful or destructive to living beings.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| cataclysm | flood |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |