Vocabulary Unit 1 Lesson 6, 7, 9 Flashcards
Adonis
Exceptionally handsome young man
Aegis
Sponsorship, protection
ex: the science fair was staged under the aegis of Microsoft
Bacchanal
“Bacchanal and the Bottle”
A drunken reveler, festival with wine honoring god of wine (Bacchus)
Cassandra
“Cassandra’s Clear vision”
One who prophesies doom or disaster
Cornucopia
Abundance, horn of plenty
Cupidity
Excessive desire for wealth
Erotic
Concerning sexual love and desire
Herculean
Tremendously difficult and demanding; resembling Hercules in size, power, and courage.
Hydra
A persistent or many-sided problem that presents new obstacles as soon as old ones are solved
Iridescent
Shimmery
Narcissism
Excessive admiration of oneself
Odyssey
Long series of wanderings
Majestic; incomporaby superior
Palladium
Safeguard or guarantee of the integrity of social institutions
Phoenix
A person or thing of peerless beauty of excellence
Aberrant
“Atypical”
deviating from what is normal or typical
Anthropomorphism
Attributing human shape to gods, object, animals
Archetype
ProtoTYPE
Model