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 |
|---|---|
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |