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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conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
sleight | deceitful craftiness |
precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |