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 |
|---|---|
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |