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
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frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
pending | during |
incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |