GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| scotch | scottish |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| forlorn | bereft |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |