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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| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
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| brochure | pamphlet |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| exegesis | exposition |
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