GRE Word List
PANDEMIC
occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
The meaning of the word pandemic is occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population.
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ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
mulct | fine |