GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |