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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| antecede | precede |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |