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 |
|---|---|
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| cipher | zero |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |