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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |