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 |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| pending | during |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |