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 |
|---|---|
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| exegesis | exposition |