virulent
Day 75Level 2VEER-uh-lunt
dangerous
extremely harmful or poisonous; antagonistic
Part of Speech: adjective
Synonyms:
deadly, fatal, pernicious, lethal
Antonyms:
harmless, healthy
Example Sentence:
This year's flu arrived early and is packing a virulent punch.
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etymology
Day 75history of a word
et-uh-MOL-uh-jee
study of origin and history of words