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 |
|---|---|
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| slew | a large number |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |