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 |
|---|---|
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| lunar | crescent |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |