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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| Word | Meaning |
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| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |