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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| edifice | building |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |