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 |
|---|---|
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| sentinel | sentry |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |