GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| headlong | headfirst |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |