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 |
|---|---|
| groom | bridegroom |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |