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 |
|---|---|
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |