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 |
|---|---|
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |