Sinful/Olio Words

Question 1

Hamartia

Answer 1

serious error or tragic flaw

Question 2

Peccadillo

Answer 2

a little sin or small fault

Question 3

Expiate

Answer 3

making up for sin

Question 4

Hubris

Answer 4

an excess of pride that may lead to a downfall

Question 5

Invidious

Answer 5

remarks or actions that tend to incite envy

Question 6

Avaricious

Answer 6

an excessive desire for money

Question 7

Apoplectic

Answer 7

full of rage

Question 8

Libido

Answer 8

sexual desire

Question 9

Enervated

Answer 9

a sense of weakened vitality, a loss of energy, causing you to feel as if some vital nerve had been removed

Question 10

Gourmand

Answer 10

glutton or overeater

Question 11

Hortatory

Answer 11

encouraging or intended to arouse action, often used in association with speeches

Question 12

Chthonic

Answer 12

forces related to the underworld

Question 13

Zeitgeist

Answer 13

the spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by ideas and beliefs of the time

Question 14

Weltanschauung

Answer 14

an overall perspective on the way person or group sees the world and interprets behavior and events

Question 15

Prolix

Answer 15

a wordiness of manner

Question 16

Glabrous

Answer 16

bald, smooth, devoid of any projections or irregularities

Question 17

Prosaic

Answer 17

straightforward or matter of fact, or unimaginative or dull

Question 18

Bête noire

Answer 18

that certain person or thing that causes you the most trouble, that you most desire to avoid, to be free of

Question 19

Limerence

Answer 19

an emotional, psychological state wherein a person feels an overwhelming, involuntary romantic desire for another

Question 20

Symbiotic

Answer 20

a close and prolonged relationship of (usually) mutual benefit to people or animals involved