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 |
|---|---|
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| ensconce | shelter |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| relish | characteristic flavor |