Greek XVIII

Question 1

the disastrous outcome of a literary or dramatic work

Answer 1

catastrophe

Question 2

a dactylic hexamter couplet: 3 syllables - 1 long and 2 short

Answer 2

elegaic

Question 3

the purging of an audience’s emotions through a work of art

Answer 3

catharsis

Question 4

adaptation of the sound of a word to its meaning

Answer 4

onomatopoeic

Question 5

a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing

Answer 5

panegyric

Question 6

characteristic of prose

Answer 6

prosaic

Question 7

a brief story used for teaching some moral lesson or attitude

Answer 7

parable

Question 8

the study or science of poetic meters and versification

Answer 8

prosody

Question 9

refraining from pleasure and comforts; practicing strict self denial

Answer 9

ascetic

Question 10

pertaining to sheperds; relating to rural life

Answer 10

bucolic

Question 11

extremely sudden and violent; pertaining to momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition

Answer 11

cataclysmic

Question 12

nurse of Zeus, Ursa Minor, center of attraction

Answer 12

cynosure

Question 13

meant to instruct; intended to convey info and entertainment

Answer 13

didactic

Question 14

the belief/doctrine that pleasure/happiness is the sole good in life

Answer 14

hedonism

Question 15

superior leadership/authority, especially of one nation over others

Answer 15

hegemony

Question 16

a characteristic peculiarity or habit as of taste, behavior, or opinion

Answer 16

idiocrasy

Question 17

travelling about from place to place in connection with some occupation

Answer 17

peripatetic

Question 18

an argument or controversy; an aggressive attack on the opinions or principles of others

Answer 18

polemic

Question 19

any extremely hard substance; any hard substance that’s impenetrable

Answer 19

adamant

Question 20

a concise statement expressing a general truth

Answer 20

aphorism

Question 21

a self evident truth; a statement widely accepted as being true on its own merit without proof

Answer 21

axiom

Question 22

having a harmful effect; injurious

Answer 22

deleterious

Question 23

a harsh and bitter speech or writing; denunciation; invective

Answer 23

diatribes

Question 24

based on experiment and observation without regard for system and theory

Answer 24

empirical

Question 25

a time marked by an event that begins a new period/era

Answer 25

epoch

Question 26

designed for or understood by a specifically initiated few

Answer 26

esoteric

Question 27

lacking material substance; light, airy, delicate

Answer 27

ethereal

Question 28

abnoraml drowsiness; lack of energy

Answer 28

lethargy

Question 29

medicine that relieves or lessens pain

Answer 29

anodyne

Question 30

a sudden fit; attack

Answer 30

paroxysm

Question 31

concerned with practical results or values

Answer 31

pragmatic

Question 32

bitterly contemptuous; disdainfully humorous

Answer 32

sardonic

Question 33

in the manner of servile or self seeking flatterer

Answer 33

sycophantically