English Vocab


academy


a school or learned society


arcadian


simple, peaceful, rustic


croesus


a very rich man


cynic


one who sarcastically doubts human motives


draconian


extremely severe


epicure, epicurean


a person with refined taste in matters of food or drink


(to cut a) gordian (knot)


to solve a difficult problem by direct and drastic means


laconic


brief, pity, concise


mausoleum


a large tomb


meander


to follow a winding course


ostracism


exclusion from society


philippic


a bitter denunciation


pyrrhic (victory)


a victory won at too great a cost


solecism


substandard usage of language, social blunder


sophistry, sophism


clever but deceptive argumentationmeant to mislead


spartan


rigorous, austere, disciplined


stoic


impassive


sword of damocles


constantly threatening danger


sybrite


one devoted to luxury and pleasure