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 |
|---|---|
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| realm | kingdom |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |