Mythology Vocab 2 Test Review

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Bacchanalian - definition

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broadly describes any event of drunken revelry or wild, ecstatic celebration. 

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Cassandra - definition

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A person who prophesies doom or disaster, often without being believed.

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Chimerical - definition

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Existing only as the product of unchecked imagination; fantastically visionary or improbable; anything that is a hybrid or impossible combination

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Draconian - definition

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Excessively harsh and severe.

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Echolalia - definition

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Meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder; repetition of speech by a child learning to talk

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Elysian - definition

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Relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise.

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Bacchanalian - origin

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refers to the Roman festivals in honor of the god of wine, which originated from the earlier Greek festivals for the god Dionysus

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Cassandra - origin

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given the gift of prophecy, but was also cursed by the god Apollo so that her true prophecies would not be believed

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Chimerical - origin

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in Greek mythology, a fearsome, fire-breathing monster with the body of a lion, the head of a goat, and a snake for a tail, often depicted with multiple heads.

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Draconian - origin

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from the name of the Athenian lawmaker who lived around the 7th century BCE. He enacted exceptionally harsh laws , which included the death penalty for even minor offenses.