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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ventureto proceed especially in the face of danger
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
graduatedmarked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
predecessorone that precedes
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afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress
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