Unit 1 Lesson 6

Question 0

Palladium

Answer 0

Anything believed to provide protection or safety; a safeguard or guarantee of the integrity of social institutions.

Question 1

Phoenix

Answer 1

A person or thing of peerless beauty or excellence; a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent a annihilation

Question 2

Olympian

Answer 2

Pertaining to the 12 gods of Ancient Greek pantheon whose abode was Mt. Olympus;

Majestic; incomparably superior, pertaining to the Olympic Games.

Question 3

Odyssey

Answer 3

A long series of wanderings, especially when filled with notable experience or hardships

Question 4

Narcissism

Answer 4

Excessive admiration of oneself; egocentrism

Question 5

Iridescent

Answer 5

Displaying lustrous colors like those of the rainbow

Question 6

Hymeneal

Answer 6

Pertaining to marriage; a wedding song or poem

Question 7

Hydra

Answer 7

The nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules;

A persistent or many-sided problem that presents new obstacles as soon as old ones are solved.

Question 8

Hermetic

Answer 8

Made airtight by fusion or sealing; insulated or cloistered; magical

Question 9

Herculean

Answer 9

Tremendously difficult and demanding; resembling Hercules in size, power or courage.

Question 10

Erotic

Answer 10

Concerning sexual love and desire; amatory

Question 11

Cornucopia

Answer 11

Abundance; horn of plenty

Question 12

Cassandra

Answer 12

A daughter of king Priam and queen Hecuba of Troy who had the gift of prophecy but was cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies, though true, we’re fated never to believed;

One who prophesies doom or disaster.

Question 13

Bacchanal

Answer 13

A follower of Bacchus (Greek, Dionysus), the god of wine; a drunken revealer; an orgy

Question 14

Adonis

Answer 14

A exceptionally handsome young man; a plant with solitary red or yellow flowers.