adonis- marathon english vocabulary
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- adonis (noun)
- very handsome young man (from Adonis, handsome youth loved by Aphrodite, goddess of love)
- aegis (noun)
- shield or protection; auspices; sponsorship (from aegis, protective shild of Zeus, King of the Greek gods)
- amazon (noun)
- tall, strong, bold woman (from the Amazons, mythological race of women warriors0
- ambrosial (adjective)
- exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; extremely delicious; excellent (from ambrosia, the literally "not mortal" food of the gods)
- atlas (noun)
- book of maps
- auroral (adjective)
- pertaining to or resembling the dawn; rosy; radiant
- bacchanalian (adjective)
- jovial or wild with drunkenness
- cassandra (noun)
- one who prophesies doom or disaster; pessimist
- chimerical (adjective)
- fantastic; unreal; impossible; absurb
- draconian (adjective)
- cruel; harsh; severe; ironhanded
- echolalia (noun)
- automatic and immediate repetition of what others say
- Elysian (adjective)
- delightful; blissful; heavenly
- Eristic (adjective)
- prone to controversy; disputatious; argumentive
- fauna (noun)
- animal life; animals of a particular region or period
- flora (noun)
- plant life; plants of a particular region or period