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.

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WordMeaning
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
waxa substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax
fouloffensive to the senses : loathsome
saturateto satisfy fully : satiate
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
wiltloose freshness; droop
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
perforateto make a hole through