words from classical mythology and history
Terms
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- adonis
- very handsome young man
- aegis
- shield or protection; sponsorship
- amazon
- tall, strong, masculine woman
- ambrosial
- exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; extremely delicious
- atlas
- boom of maps
- auroral
- pertaining to or resembling the dawn; rosy
- bacchanalian
- jovial or wild w/ drunkenness
- Cassandra
- one who prophesies doom or disaster; pessimist
- chimerical
- fantastic; unreal, impossible, absurd
- Draconian
- cruel, harsh, severe, ironhanded
- echolalia
- automatic and immediate repetition of what others say
- Elysian
- delightful, blissful, heavenly
- eristic
- pron to controversy; disputatious; argumentative
- fauna
- animal life; animals of a particular region or period
- flora
- plant life, plants of a particular region or period
- forum
- any medium or place for open discussion and expression of ideas-a public meeting, a radioor tv discussion, editorial page, etc...
- hector
- bully, intimidate w/ threats, bluster
- herculean
- very difficult; requiring the strength or hercules
- hermetic
- airtight
- iridescent
- having colors like the rainbow
- jovial
- jolly, merry, good-humored
- labyrinthine
- full of confusing passageways; intricate, complicated, like the labyrinth
- laconic
- using words sparingly, terse, concise
- lethargic
- unnaturally drowsy, sluggish, dull
- Lucullan
- sumptuous, luxerious
- marathon
- long distance foot race of 26 miles and 385 yards or endurance contest
- martial
- pertaining to war; warlike
- mentor
- wise and trusted advisor; tutor, coach
- mercurial
- quick, vivacious, active, lively; inconstant, unstable, capricious, subject to rapid and unoredictable mood changes
- myrmidon
- obedient and unquestioning follower
- narcissistic
- in love w/ one self, excessively fascinated and gratified by ones own physical and mental qualities
- nectar
- something exceptionally delicious to drink
- nemesis
- due punishment for evil deeds; one who inflicts such punishment
- odyssey
- any long series of wanderings or travels
- olympian
- majestic, godlike, lofty; having to do w/ the olympic games
- paean
- song or hymn of phraise, triumph, or joy
- palladium
- safeguard or protection
- panic
- unreasoning, sudden fright that grips a multitude
- philippic
- bitter denunciation, tirade
- plutocratic
- having great influence because of ones wealth
- procrustean
- cruel or inflexible in enorcing conformity
- protean
- exceedingly variable, readily assuming different shapes or forms
- Pyrrhic
- ruinous, gained at too great a cost
- saturnine
- heavy, dull, gloomy, morose
- siren
- dangerous, attractive woman; a woman who sings sweetly; apparatus for sounding loud warnings
- solon
- legislator; wise lawgiver
- Spartan
- marked by self-discipline, bravery, ability to endure pain and avoidance of comfort
- stentorian
- very loud
- stygian
- infernal, especially dark or gloomy
- tantalize
- excite a hope but prevent its fulfillment; tease
- terpsichorian
- pertaining to dancing
- thespian
- pertaining to drama or acting
- titanic
- of enormous strength size or power