GRE Word List

DRASTIC

acting rapidly or violently

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

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flutedhaving or marked by grooves
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
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drudgeto do hard, menial, or monotonous work
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
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wardthe action or process of guarding