GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |