GRE Word List
VIRULENT
marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
The meaning of the word virulent is marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |