GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| refraction | deflection 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 |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |