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 |
|---|---|
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| pilfer | steal |
| charlatan | quack |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| finished | entirely done |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |