Enrichment Vocoab #1

Question 1

a point of vulnerability;

Answer 1

Achilles heel

Question 2

a young man of godlike beauty;

Answer 2

Adonis

Question 3

vigilant, seeing everything that goes on;

Answer 3

Argus-eyed

Question 4

relating to a wild party or drunken feast;

Answer 4

bacchanalian

Question 5

a bribe or pacification to a dangerous person or group;

Answer 5

a sop to Cerberus

Question 6

having beauty and the allure to turn men into beasts, a temptress;

Answer 6

Circe

Question 7

giant, huge, immense;

Answer 7

cyclopean

Question 8

knot decisively solving a complex problem

Answer 8

to cut the Gordian

knot

Question 9

soaring too high for safety, an ambitious project;

Answer 9

Icarian

Question 10

the ability to succeed financially;

Answer 10

the Midas touch

Question 11

a long, perilous journey that involves extraordinary discoveries;

Answer 11

odyssey

Question 12

the highest expression of poetry or music;

Answer 12

Parnassus

Question 13

a symbol of resurrection, regeneration, and rebirth;

Answer 13

phoenix

Question 14

an arbitrary enforcement of conformity or pre-established norms;

Answer 14

procrustean

Question 15

changeable, versatile, able to assume many roles;

Answer 15

protean

Question 16

one who pursues ideal beauty;

Answer 16

Pygmalion

Question 17

a victory won at excessive cost;

Answer 17

Pyrrhic victory

Question 18

finding oneself between two dangers where escaping from one means
falling prey to the other;

Answer 18

between Scylla

and Charybdis

Question 19

dark, dreadful; this refers to the River Styx in Greek mythologythat
forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld or Hades.

Answer 19

stygian

Question 20

a gift offering made to gain the recipient’s confidence and then do
him/her harm

Answer 20

a Trojan horse