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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| cipher | zero |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |