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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |