English 11 - list #5

Question 1

Adonis

Answer 1

n. a very handsome young man

Question 2

aegis

Answer 2

n. shield or protection, sponsorship

Question 3

ambrosial

Answer 3

adj. exceptionally pleasing to the taste or smell, extremely delicious

Question 4

auroral

Answer 4

adj. pertaining to or resembling the dawn, having a rosy hue

Question 5

bacchanalian

Answer 5

adj. jovial or wild with drunkenness

Question 6

chimerical

Answer 6

adj. fantastic, unreal, impossible, absurd

Question 7

draconian

Answer 7

adj. cruel, harsh severe, ironhanded

Question 8

echolalia

Answer 8

n. automatic and immediate repetition

Question 9

elysian

Answer 9

adj. delightful, blissful, heavenly

Question 10

eristic

Answer 10

adj. prone to controversy, disputatious, argumentative

Question 11

flora

Answer 11

n. a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period; plant or bacterial like, esp. that characteristic of a particular region, period, or special environment

Question 12

fauna

Answer 12

n. animal life, the animals characteristic of a particular region, period or special environment

Question 13

forum

Answer 13

n. any medium or place for open discussion and expression of ideas, ie. a public meeting a radio or tv discussion, an editorial page, etc.

Question 14

halcyon

Answer 14

n. tranquil, happy idyllic, usually with nostalgic reference to earlier times

Question 15

Herculean

Answer 15

adj. of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty; requiring great strength

Question 16

hermetic

Answer 16

adj. airtight, impervious to external influence

Question 17

iridescent

Answer 17

having a lustrous rainbowlike play of color that tends to change as the angle of view changes

Question 18

laconic

Answer 18

adj. using words sparingly, terse, concise

Question 19

jovial

Answer 19

adj. jolly, merry, good humored

Question 20

martial

Answer 20

adj. of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior