GRE Word List
DRASTIC
acting rapidly or violently
The meaning of the word drastic is acting rapidly or violently.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
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| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
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| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
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