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 |
|---|---|
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |