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 |
|---|---|
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |