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 |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| exhume | disinter |