Vocab List 2

Question 1

Bacchanal

Answer 1

n; an occasion of wild and drunken revelry

Question 2

Cupidity

Answer 2

n; greed for money or possessions

Question 3

Denouement

Answer 3

n; climax of a change in events

Question 4

Lampoon

Answer 4

v; publicly criticize by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

Question 5

Mercurial

Answer 5

adj; sudden or unpredictable change in mood or mind

Question 6

Mnemonic

Answer 6

n; assists in remembering

Question 7

Narcissism

Answer 7

n; excessive interest in oneself (self-centered)

Question 8

Promethean

Answer 8

adj; creative or boldly original

Question 9

Baroque

Answer 9

adj; highly ornate and extravagant in style

Question 10

Burlesque

Answer 10

n; absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something

Question 11

Cynosure

Answer 11

n; person who is the center of attention or admiration

Question 12

Draconian

Answer 12

adj; excessively harsh or severe

Question 13

Ethereal

Answer 13

adj; extremely delicate and light in a way that seems to perfect for the world

Question 14

Solon

Answer 14

n; wise skillful lawgiver

Question 15

Saturnine

Answer 15

adj; slow; gloomy; moody; mysterious

Question 16

Stygian

Answer 16

adj; very dark in color

Question 17

Nemesis

Answer 17

n; long-standing enemy; archenemy

Question 18

Saga

Answer 18

n; long (heroic) story

Question 19

Farcical

Answer 19

adj; ridiculous; absurd