GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| fulcrum | prop |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |