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 |
|---|---|
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |