GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| unfrock | defrock |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
