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 |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |