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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venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
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pontificalepiscopal attire
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
brazenmade of brass
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boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined