Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
42 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Adonis
|
very handsome young man
|
|
|
aegis
|
1) shield or protection
2) auspices or sponsorship |
|
|
amazon
|
tall, strong, masculine woman
|
|
|
ambrosial
|
exceptionally pleasing to tast or smell; extremely delicious; excellent
|
|
|
atlas
|
book of maps
|
|
|
auroral
|
1) pertaining to or resembling the dawn
2) rosy |
|
|
bacchanalian
|
jovial or wild with drunkeness
|
|
|
chimerical
|
fantastic; unreal; impossible; absurd
|
|
|
Draconian
|
cruel; harsh; severe
|
|
|
Elysian
|
delightful; blissful; heavently
|
|
|
hector
|
1) bully; intimidate with threats
2) bluster |
|
|
Herculean
|
1) very difficult
2) having or requiring the strength of Hercules |
|
|
hermetic
|
airtight
|
|
|
iridescent
|
having colors like the rainbow
|
|
|
jovial
|
jolly; merry; good-humored
|
|
|
layrinthine
|
1) full of confusing passageways; intricate
2) complicated like the Lybyrinth |
|
|
laconic
|
using words sparingly; terse; concise
|
|
|
lethargic
|
unnaturally drowsy; sluggish; dull
|
|
|
Lucullan
|
sumptuous; luxorious
|
|
|
martial
|
pertaining to war; warlike
|
|
|
mentor
|
1) wise and trusted advisor
2) atheltic coach |
|
|
mercurial
|
1) quick; vivacious
2) changeable 3) crafty 4) eloquent |
|
|
myrmidon
|
obediant and unquestioning follower
|
|
|
nemesis
|
1) due punishment for evil deeds
2) one who inflicts such punishment |
|
|
odyssey
|
any long seires of wanderings or travelings
|
|
|
paean
|
song or hymn of praise, joy, or triumph
|
|
|
palladium
|
safeguard or protection
|
|
|
panic
|
unreasoning, sudden fright that grips a multitude
|
|
|
philippic
|
bitter denunciation
|
|
|
plutocratic
|
having great influence because of one's wealth
|
|
|
procrustean
|
cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity
|
|
|
protean
|
1) exceedingly variable
2) readily assuming different forms or shapes |
|
|
pyrrhic
|
ruinous; gained at too great a cost
|
|
|
saturinine
|
heavy; dull; gloomy; morose
|
|
|
siren
|
1) dangerous attractive woman
2) a women who sings sweetly 3) apparatus for sounding loud warnings |
|
|
solon
|
1) legislator
2) wise man |
|
|
stentorian
|
very loud
|
|
|
stygian
|
infernal; dark; gloomy
|
|
|
tantalize
|
1) excite a hope but prevent its fulfillment
2) tease |
|
|
terpsichorean
|
pertaining to dancing
|
|
|
thespian
|
pertaining to the drama or acting
|
|
|
titanic
|
of enormous strength, size, or power
|
