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Word: draconian

Definition: extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician


More Vocab Words

::: contumacious - stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)
::: suspense - state of being undecided; anxiety or apprehension resulting from uncertainty
::: sustenance - sustaining; means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment; something that maintains life; food
::: sleek - smooth and shining (as from good health); V.
::: apoplexy - stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain
::: dogmatic - opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal
::: bombast - grandiloquent, pompous speech
::: indecisive - marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex. indecisive battle
::: compartment - one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
::: expunge - cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase