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 |
|---|---|
| query | question |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |