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 |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| commune | talk over |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |