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 |
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| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| impinge | encroach |
| bacchanal | orgy |