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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WordMeaning
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
jauntysprightly in manner or appearance : lively
ancestryline of descent : lineage
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
quailany of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated
aestheticof, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship