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 |
|---|---|
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| gnome | maxim |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| overweening | arrogant |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |