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 |
|---|---|
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |