Vocabulary Pg 187-194
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- very handsome young man
- adonis
- shield or protection; auspices; sponsorship
- aegis
- tall, strong, masculine woman
- amazon
- exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; extremely delicious; excellent
- ambrosial
- book of maps
- atlas
- pertaning to or resembling the dawn; rosy
- auroral
- jovial or wild with drunkennes
- bacchanalian
- one who prophesies doom or disaster; perssimist
- cassandra
- fantastic; unreal; impossible; absurd
- chimerical
- cruel; harsh;severe; ironhanded
- draconian
- automatic and immediate repetition (echoing) of what others say
- echolalia
- delightful; blissful; heavenly
- elysian
- prone to controversy; disputatious; argumentative
- eristic
- animal life; animals of a particular region or period
- fuana
- plant life; plants of a particular region or period
- flora
- any medium or place for open discussion and expression. editorial page, etc.
- forum
- brully; intimidate with threats; bluster
- hector
- very difficult; requiring the strength of Hercules
- herculean
- airtight
- hermetic
- having colors like the rainbow
- iridescent
- jolly; merry; god-humored
- jovial
- full of confusing passageways; intricate; complicated, like the Labyrinth
- labyrinthine
- using words sparingly; terse; concise
- laconic
- unnaturally drowsy; sluggish; dull
- lethargic
- sumptuous; luxurious
- lucullan
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1. long distance footrace of 26 miles 385 yards
2.endurance contest, as a dance marathon - marathon
- pertaning to war; warlike
- martial
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1. wise and trusted advisor
2. tutor; coach - mentor
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1. quick; vivacioius; active; lively
2. inconstant; unstable; capricious; subject to rapid and unpredictable mood changes - mercurial
- obedient and unquestioning follower
- myrmidon
- in love with oneself; excesssively fascinated and gratified by one's own physical and mental qulities; egocentric
- narcissistic
- something exceptionally delicious to drink
- nectar
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1. due punishment for evil deeds
2. one who inflicts such punishment - nemesis
- any long series of wanderings or travels
- odyssey
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1. majestic; godlike; lofty
2. having to do with the Olympic Games, an international athletic competition - Olympian
- song or hymn of praise, joy, or triumph
- paean
- safeguard or protection
- palladium
- unreasoning, sudden fright that grips a multitude
- panic
- bitter denuciation; tirade
- philippic
- having great influence because of one's wealth
- plutocratic
- cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity
- procrutean
- exceedingly variable; readily assuming diff forms or shapes
- protean
- ruious; gained at too great a cost
- pyrrhic
- heavy; dull; gloomy; morose
- saturine
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1. dangerous, attractive woman
2. a woman who sings sweetly
3. apparatus for sounding loud warnings - siren
- legislator; wise lawgiver
- solon
- marked by self-discipline, bravery, ablility to endure pain, and avoidance of comfort
- Spartan
- infernal; especially dark; gloomy
- Stygian
- excite a hope but prevent its fullfillment; tease
- tantalize
- pertaining to dancing
- terpsichorean
- pertaining to the drama or acting
- thespian
- of enormous strength, size, or power
- titanic