GRE Word List

DRASTIC

acting rapidly or violently

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

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codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
bungleto act or work clumsily and awkwardly
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
haphappening
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
egressa place or means of going out : exit