GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |