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 |
|---|---|
| concentric | having a common center |
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| stringent | tight |
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| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
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