GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |