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Mythology ch 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adonis | very handsome young man |
| aegis | sheild or protection |
| amazon | tall, strong, bold woman |
| ambrosial | exceptionall pleasing to taste or smell |
| atlas | book of maps |
| auroral | pertaining to or resembling the dawn |
| bacchanalian | jovial or wild with drunkenness |
| cassandra | one who prophesies doom or disaster |
| chimerical | fantastic |
| draconian | cruel; harsh |
| echolalia | automatic and immediate repetition of what others say |
| Elysian | delightful; blissful |
| eristic | prone to contraversy |
| fauna | animal life |
| flora | plant life |
| forum | medu=ium or place for open discussion and expression of ideas |
| hector | bully |
| herculean | very difficult |
| hermetic | airtight; secret; obscure; magical |
| iridescent | having colors like the rainbow |
| jovial | jolly; merry |
| labyrinthine | full of confusing passageways |
| laconic | usins words sparingly |
| lethargic | unnaturally drowsy; sluggish |
| lucullan | sumptuous |
| marathon | long distance race |
| martial | pertaining to war |
| mentor | wise and trusted adviser |
| mercurial | quick and vavacious |
| myrmidon | obedient and unquestioning |
| narcissitic | in love with oneself |
| nectar | something exceptionally delicious to drink |
| nemesis | due punishment for evil deeds |
| odyssey | long series of travels |
| olympain | godlike |
| paean | song or hym of praise |
| palladium | safeguard; protection |
| panic | sudden, overpowering terror |
| philippic | bitter denuciation |
| plutocratic | having great influence because of one's wealth |
| procustean | cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity |
| protean | exceedingly variable |
| pyrrhic | ruinous; gained at to great a cost |
| saturine | heavy, dull, sullen |
| siren | dangerous, attractive woman |
| solon | legislator; wise lawgiver |
| spartan | marked by simplicity and avoidance of comfort |
| stentorian | very loud |
| stygian | infernal; gloomy |
| tantalize | excite a hope but prevent its fufillment |
| terpsichorean | pertaining to dancing |
| thespian | pertaining to the drama |
| titanic | of enormous strength, size or power |