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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| ensconce | shelter |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |