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 |
|---|---|
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| schism | division |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| exhume | disinter |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |