GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| exude | to ooze out |