Words from Greek Myth/History

Question 1

a single vulnerable spot

Answer 1

Achilles’ heel

Question 2

an extremely handsome young man

Answer 2

Adonis

Question 3

sponsorship or protection

Answer 3

aegis

Question 4

a powerful, masculine woman

Answer 4

amazon

Question 5

a collection of maps

Answer 5

atlas

Question 6

a person who warns of coming evil but whose prophecies are disregarded

Answer 6

Cassandra

Question 7

calm; peaceful

Answer 7

halcyon

Question 8

a complicated arrangement of passageways or roads; a maze

Answer 8

labyrinth

Question 9

a wise counselor

Answer 9

mentor

Question 10

abnormal attachment to one’s own appearance and personality

Answer 10

narcissism

Question 11

retribution; one who inflicts retribution

Answer 11

nemesis

Question 12

a song of thanksgiving or praise

Answer 12

paean

Question 13

forcing rigid conformity

Answer 13

procrustean / Procrustean

Question 14

tease

Answer 14

tantalize

Question 15

a school or learned society

Answer 15

academy

Question 16

one who sarcastically doubts human motives

Answer 16

cynic

Question 17

extremely severe

Answer 17

Draconian

Question 18

a person of refined taste in matters of food and drink

Answer 18

epicure / epicurean

Question 19

to solve a difficult problem by direct and drastic means

Answer 19

to cut the Gordian knot

Question 20

brief, pithy, concise

Answer 20

laconic

Question 21

exclusion from society

Answer 21

ostracism

Question 22

a bitter denunciation

Answer 22

philippic

Question 23

a victory won at too great a cost

Answer 23

a Pyrrhic victory

Question 24

a substandard usage of language

Answer 24

a social blunder

Question 25

clever but deceptive argumentation meant to mislead

Answer 25

sophistry / sophism

Question 26

impassive

Answer 26

stoic

Question 27

a constantly threatening danger

Answer 27

sword of Damocles

Question 28

one devoted to luxury and pleasure

Answer 28

sybarite