GRE Word List
BACCHANAL
orgy
The meaning of the word bacchanal is orgy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| noisome | noxious |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |