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- Aegis n.
- shield or protection
- Adonis N.
- Very handsome young man
- amazon n
- tall, strong, bold woman
- ambrosial adj
- exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; extremely delicious
- atlas n
- book of maps
- auroral adj
- pertaining to or resembling the dawn
- bacchanalian adj
- jovial or wild with drunkenness
- cassandra n.
- one who prophesies doom or diaster; pessimist
- chimerical adj
- fantastic; unreal; impossible; absurd
- draconian adj
- cruel; harsh; severe; ironhanded
- echolalia n.
- automatic and immediate repetition of what others say
- elysian adj.
- delightful; blissful; heavenly
- eristic adj
- prone to controversy; disputatious; argumentative
- fauna n
- animal life
- flora n
- plant life
- forum n
- medium or place for open discussion and expression of ideas a public meeting, radio or tv discussion
- hector v.
- bully; intimidate with threats
- herculean adj
- very difficult; requiring the strength of hercules
- hermetic adj.
- airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious
- iridescent adj
- having colors like the rainbow
- labyrinthine adj.
- full of confusing passageways
- laconic adj.
- using words sparingly; terse; concise
- lethargic adj.
- unnaturally drowsy; sluggish; dull
- Lucullan adj.
- sumptuous; luxurious
- marathon n
- long distance footrace 26 miles 385 yards
- martial adj
- pertaining to way; warlike
- mentor n
- wise and trusted adviser
- mercurial adj
- qucik; vivacious; active; lively
- myrmidon n
- obedient and unquestioning followers
- narcissistic adj.
- in love with oneself
- nectar n
- something exceptionally delicious to drink
- nemesis n
- due punishment for evil deeds
- odyssey n
- long series of wanderings or travels
- Olympian adj.
- Majestic; godlike; lofty
- Paean n.
- song or hymn or praise, joy, or triumph
- palladium n.
- safeguard; protection
- panic n
- sudden, overpowering terror
- philippic n
- bitter denunciation; tirade
- plutocratic adj.
- having great influence because of one's welth
- procrustean adj.
- cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity.
- protean adj.
- exceedingly variable; readily assuming different forms or shapes
- Pyrrhic adj
- ruinous; gained at too great a cost
- saturnine adj.
- heavy; dull; sullen; gloomy; morose
- siren n
- dangerous, attractive woman
- solon n
- legislator; wise lawgiver
- Spartan adj.
- marked by simplicity and avoidance of comfort; marked by selfdiscipline, bravery, and ability to endure pain
- stentorian adj.
- very loud
- stygian adj.
- infernal; especially dark; gloomy
- tantalize v
- excite a hope but prevent its fulfilment
- terpsichorean adj or n
- pertaining to dancing
- thespian adj. or n.
- pertaining to drama or acting
- titanic adj.
- of enormous strength, size, or power