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

WordMeaning
satesatisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy
coteriean intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
humidcontaining or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive
distortto twist (see twist
faunaanimal life
scourgewhip
unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
anthologya collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music