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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fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
maroon | a dark red |
cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |