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 |
|---|---|
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |