| A | B |
|---|
| Adonis | very handsome young man |
| aegis | shield or protection; auspices; sponsorship |
| amazon | tall, strong, bold woman |
| ambrosial | exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; extremely delicious; excellent |
| atlas | book of maps |
| auroral | pertaining to or resembling the dawn; rosy; radiant |
| bacchanalian | jovial or wild with drunkenness |
| Cassandra | one who prophesies doom or disaster; pessimist |
| chimerical | fantastic; unreal; impossible; absurd |
| Draconian | cruel; harsh; severe; ironhanded |
| echolalia | automatic and immediate repetition of what others say |
| Elysian | delightful; blissful; heavenly |
| eristic | prone to controversy; disputatious; argumentative |
| fauna | animal |
| flora | plant |
| forum | medium or place for open discussion and expression of ideas |
| hector | bully; intimidate with threats; bluster |
| herculean | very difficult; requiring the strength of a superhuman |
| hermetic | airtight; secret; obscure; magical; mysterious |
| iridescent | having colors like the rainbow |
| jovial | jolly; merry; good humored |
| labyrinthine | full of confusing passageways; intricate; complicated |
| laconic | using words sparingly; concise |
| lethargic | unnaturally drowsy; sluggish; dull |
| Lucullan | sumptuous; luxurious |
| marathon | endurance contest; 26 mile foot race |
| martial | pertaining to war; warlike |
| mentor | wise and trusted adviser; tutor; coach |
| mercurial | quick; vivacious; active; lively; inconstant; unstable; subject to rapid and unpredictable mood changes |
| myrmidon | obedient and unquestioning follower |
| narcissistic | in love with oneself; excessively fascinated and gratified by one's own physical and mental qualities; egocentric |
| nectar | something exceptionally delicious to drink |
| nemesis | due to punishment for evil deeds; one who inflicts punishment |
| odyssey | long series of wanderings of travel |
| Olympian | majestic; godlike; lofty |
| paean | song or hymn of praise, joy or triumph in praise of Apollo |
| palladium | safeguard; protection |
| panic | sudden, overpowering terror, sometimes causing mass flight |
| philippic | bitter denunciation; tirade |
| plutocratic | having great influence because of one's wealth |
| procrustean | cruel or inflexible in enforcing conformity |
| protean | exceedingly variable; readily assuming different forms or shapes |
| Pyrrhic | ruinous; gained at too great a cost |
| saturnine | heavy; dull; sullen; gloomy; morose |
| siren | dangerous, attractive woman; woman who sings with bewitching sweetness; apparatus for sounding loud warnings |
| solon | legislator; wise lawgiver |
| Spartan | marked by simplicity and avoidance of comfort; marked by self discipline, bravery and ability to endure plain |
| stentorian | very loud |
| Stygian | infernal; especially dark; gloomy |
| tantalize | excite a hope but prevent its fulfillment; tease |
| terpsichorean | pertaining to dancing; dancer |
| thespian | pertaining to drama or acting; actor |
| titanic | of enormous strength, size of power |
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