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 |
|---|---|
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| trance | stupor |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |