GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| bliss | complete happiness |