GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |