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 |
|---|---|
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |