GRE Word List

DRASTIC

acting rapidly or violently

The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.

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awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
impairto diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
maritalof or relating to marriage or the married state
unfalteringnot wavering or weakening : firm
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
inculcateto teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies