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Unit One Chapter 1: Taking Exams
Vocabulary in Context

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Directions

Click on the meaning closest to that of the boldfaced word. Use the context of the sentences to help you figure out the word’s meaning.

Question

Question 1. drastic   -adjective
  • The company's new president took drastic steps, closing two factories and laying off three hundred employees.
  • The most common punishment in schools is detention. If that does not work, then schools resort to something more drastic.
“I agree you are good at getting people to work harder, but your methods are a bit drastic.”
Used with the permission of Randy Glasbergen
Drastic means
 
 
 
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