Greek XIX Flashcards
the highest point or stage
acme
a plasant, often spicy or sweet, smell
aroma
a distinctive atmosphere surrounding someone or something
aura
overdone or insincere pathos; sentimentalism
bathos
anything huge or gigantic
colossus
an orderly, harmonious, systematic universe
cosmos
a standard for making a judgment or decision
criterion
a large store that sells a great variety of articles
emporium
glowing and elaborately enthusiastic praise
encomiums
a baffling or puzzling situation
enigma
any very long period of time; geologically, two or more eras
eon
the gernal populace; ordinary people; the masses
hoi polloi
an infinitesimal part or amount; bit, jot, whit
iota
the vocab of a particular group
lexicon
a bad smelling, perhaps poisounous, vapor rising from decaying matter on the earth
miasma