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 |
|---|---|
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |