vocab 1

Question 0

saturnine

Answer 0

gloomy

Question 1

achillies heel

Answer 1

weakness or vulnerable area

Question 2

panacea

Answer 2

cure-all

Question 3

aegis

Answer 3

protection or sponsorship

Question 4

mercurial

Answer 4

subject to mood/mind changes

Question 5

procrustean

Answer 5

forcing rigid conformity

Question 6

hades

Answer 6

hell

Question 7

chaos

Answer 7

the beginning

Question 8

promethean

Answer 8

telling the truth, boldly daring or original

Question 9

vulcanization

Answer 9

strengthened, resilient

Question 10

aphrodisiac

Answer 10

arousing sexual desire

Question 11

hypnotic

Answer 11

inducing sleep

Question 12

zephyr

Answer 12

gently westernly wind

Question 13

scylla and charybdis

Answer 13

the rock and the whirlpool (rock and the hard place)

Question 14

olympian

Answer 14

God-like

Question 15

Midas touch

Answer 15

turns things into gold

Question 16

hubris

Answer 16

excessive pride

Question 17

anthropomorphism

Answer 17

giving godlike or humanlike qualities to humans or gods

Question 18

arachnid

Answer 18

8 legged creature

Question 19

mnemonic

Answer 19

something that helps to remember

Question 20

chimerical

Answer 20

fantastic

Question 21

titanic

Answer 21

having great stature or enormous strength

Question 22

bacchanal

Answer 22

an occasion of wild or drunken rivalry

Question 23

siren

Answer 23

woman who attract men

Question 24

adonis

Answer 24

god of beauty and desire, extremely handsome young man

Question 25

herculean

Answer 25

requiring great strength or effort

Question 26

tantalize

Answer 26

torment or tease, frustrate someone

Question 27

labyrinth

Answer 27

an elaborate structure built by daedalus for king minos, complex maze

Question 28

lethargic

Answer 28

sluggish or apathetic; forgetful

Question 29

martial

Answer 29

warlike

Question 30

cupidity

Answer 30

greed

Question 31

odyssey

Answer 31

long journey

Question 32

protean

Answer 32

changing form quickly

Question 33

narcissism

Answer 33

extreme self love

Question 34

amazon

Answer 34

a strong and powerful women

Question 35

nemesis

Answer 35

agent of revenge