GRE Word List

DRASTIC

acting rapidly or violently

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

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WordMeaning
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
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cordonan ornamental cord or ribbon
omnipresentpresent in all places at all times
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
snivelto run at the nose