words from classical mythology and history- vocabulary for college bound student
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- Adonis
- very handsome young man
- aegis
- shield or protection; auspices; sponsorship
- amazon
- tall, strong, masculine woman
- ambrosial
- exceptionally pleasing to taste and smell; extremely delicious; excellent
- atlas
- book of maps
- auroral
- pertaining to or resembling dawn; rosy
- bacchanalian
- jovial or wild with drunkenness
- cassandra
- one who professies doom or disaster; pesimist
- chimerical
- fantastic; unreal; impossible; absurd
- draconian
- cruel; harsh; severe; ironhanded
- echolalial
- automatic and immediate repetition of what others say
- elysian
- delighful; blissful; heavenly
- eristic
- prone to controversy; disputations; argumentative
- fauna
- animal life; animals of a particular region or period
- flora
- plant life; plants of a particular region or period
- forum
- any edium or place for open discussion and expression of ideas - a public meeting, a radio or TV discussion, editorial page, etc.
- hector
- bully; intimdate with threats; bluster
- herculean
- very difficult; requiring the strength of 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; consise
- lethargic
- unnaturally drowsy; sluggish; dull
- lucullan
- sumptuous; luxurious
- marathon
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1. long distances foot race.
2. endurance contest - martial
- pertaining to war; warlike
- mentor
-
1. wise and trusted adviser
2. tutor; coach - mercurial
-
1. quick vivacious; active; lively
2.inconstant; unstable; capricious; subject to rapid and individual mood changes - myrmidon
- obedient and unquestioning follower
- narcissistic
- in love with one self; excessively fascinated and gratified bye one's qualities, egocentric
- nectar
- something exceptionally delicious to drink
- nemesis
-
1. punishment to evil deeds
2. one who inflicts such punishment - odyssey
- any long series of wandering or travels
- olympian
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1. majestic; godlike; lofty
2. having to do with olympic games - paean
- song or hymn of praise, joy, or triumph.
- palladium
- safeguard or protection
- panic
- unreasoning, suden fright that grips a multitude
- philippic
- bitter denunciation; tirade
- plutocratic
- having a great influence because of one's wealth
- procrustean
- cruel of inflexible in enforcing conformity
- protean
- exceedingly variable; assuming different shapes
- pyrrhic
- ruinous; gained at too great a cost
- saturnine
- heavy; dull; gloomy; morose
- siren
-
1. dangerous attractive woman
2. woman who sings sweetly
3. apparatus of sounding loud warning - solon
- legislator; wise lawgiver
- spartan
- marked by self-discipline, ability to endure pain, and avoidance of confort
- stentorian
- very loud
- stygian
- infernal; especially dark; gloomy
- tantalize
- excite a hope but prevent its fulfillment; tease
- terpsichorean
- pertaining to dancing
- thespian
- pertaining to the drama or acting
- titanic
- of enomous strength, size, or power