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 |
|---|---|
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| veracious | truthful |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |