GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| retribution | recompense |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |