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 |
|---|---|
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| shove | to push along |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |