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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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |