English Vocab Lesson 2

a book or bound collection of maps

• atlas

• epicure

• galvanize

• jovial

a person with refined taste, especially in food and drink

• nemesis

• epicure

• galvanize

• jovial

to stimulate or urge into action; to spur

• nemesis

• Pyrrhic victory

• galvanize

• jovial

jolly; filled with good cheer

• Pyrrhic victory

• quixotic

• jovial

• nemesis

1: a source of harm or ruin; an opponent that cannot be defeated

2: one who inflicts retribution or vengeance

• Pyrrhic victory

• quixotic

• saturnine

• nemesis

a victory that is offset by staggering losses or comes at a huge price

• Pyrrhic victory

• quixotic

• saturnine

• Sisyphean

dedicated to unreachable goals; idealistic but not practical

• solecism

• quixotic

• saturnine

• Sisyphean

gloomy and sullen

• solecism

• atlas

• saturnine

• Sisyphean

requiring endless effort; without result or success

• solecism

• atlas

• epicure

• Sisyphean

1: a nonstandard or improper use of language

2: a mistake in manners or behavior

• solecism

• epicure

• galvanize

• atlas