GRE Word List

DRASTIC

acting rapidly or violently

The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.

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martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
expediteto accelerate the process or progress of : speed up
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
roseateresembling a rose especially in color
swelterto suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat
orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group