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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| culvert | a transverse drain |