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.

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rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
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gastronomythe art or science of good eating
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
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acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
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mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
conscripta conscripted person (such as a military recruit)