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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| quisling | traitor |