GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| imprecation | curse |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |