GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| welter | writhe |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |