GRE Word List
BACCHANALIA
a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
The meaning of the word bacchanalia is a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| aver | to declare positively |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| overwhelm | upset |