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 |
|---|---|
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| cue | the letter q |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |