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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| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| stringent | tight |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |