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 |
|---|---|
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| hortatory | hortative |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| irremediable | not remediable |