GRE Word List

BACCHANALIAN

a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry

The meaning of the word bacchanalian is a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry.

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witherto become dry and sapless
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
wringto squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid
suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
travestya debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation
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glossa surface luster or brightness : shine