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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aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
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affablebeing pleasant and at ease in talking to others
igniteto set afire
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
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