GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
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| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |