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 |
|---|---|
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |