GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| wake | to be or remain awake |