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 |
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| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |