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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WordMeaning
withstandto stand up against : oppose with firm determination
linguisticof or relating to language or linguistics
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dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
provenanceorigin
creepto move along with the body prone and close to the ground
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
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figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic