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.
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| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| shove | to push along |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |