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 |
|---|---|
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |