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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WordMeaning
peruseto examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
drivelnonsense
statelymarked by lofty or imposing dignity
suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
scrappyconsisting of scraps