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 |
|---|---|
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |