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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| melee | a confused struggle |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| whittle | a large knife |