Vocab Energizers Chapter 5 (detailed)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 large, strong, agressive woman | amazon |
| derived from the Greek words meaning "without a breast." In Greek mythology, these were fierce warrior women | amazon |
| powerful woman, athletic woman, virago (synonyms) | amazon |
| termagant, shrew (related) | amazon |
| attacker of traditional or cherished beliefs, institutions, ideas | iconoclast |
| derived from the Greek words meaning "idol breaker" The Byzantine Emperor Leo III was called this by the monks after destroying their church's images and paintings | iconoclast |
| revolutionary, rebel, radical, dissenter (synonyms) | iconoclast |
| nonconformist (related | iconoclast |
| assenter, conformist (contrasted) | iconoclast |
| mockingly bitter or scornful; sarcastic | sardonic |
| based off of an ancient legend of a plant that grew in Sardinia. The face of whoever ate it would be twisted into an agonizing grin | sardonic |
| sneering, mocking, contemptuous, derisive (synonyms) | sardonic |
| cynical, wry, satiric, caustic, scathing, pungent, jeering, taunting, trenchant (related) | sardonic |
| affable, amiable, cordial, deferential, gracious (contrasted) | sardonic |
| scornfully looking down on others; disdainfully superior | supercilious |
| Comes from the Latin words meaning "over" and "eyelid" It meant both "eyebrow" and "arrogance" | Supercilious |
| scornful, contemptuous, haughty (synonyms) | Supercilious |
| arrogant, condescending, patronizing (related) | supercilious |
| submissive, unassuming, obsequious, deferential, unpretentious, subservient (contrasted) | supercilious |
| agent of revenge, punishment; difficult or unbeatable opponent; something incapable of being achieved or overcome; cause of one's downfall or undoing | nemesis |
| The word came from the Greek goddess of revenge. | nemesis |
| downfall, destruction, retribution (synonyms) | nemesis |
| avenger, retaliation, bane, scourge | nemesis |
| put off till later | procrastinate |
| comes from the Latin words meaning "for" and "tomorrow" | procrastinate |
| delay, postpone, defer (synonyms) | procrastinate |
| dawdle, tarry, temporize, loiter (related) | procrastinate |
| accelerate, expedite (contrasted) | procrastinate |
| remedy for all desires, sufferings, troubles | panacea |
| named after the daughter of the Greek god Asclepius. her name literally meant "all-healing" | panacea |
| universal remedy, cure-all, nostrum (synonyms( | panacea |
| elixir, sovereign remedy (related) | panacea |
| changeable, unpredictable | capricious |
| It comes from the Latin words meaning "shivering", "head" and "hedgehog." The word also became associated with the word for "goat" | capricious |
| impulsive, flighty, whimsical | capricious |
| erratic, mercurial, fickle, wayward, vacillating (related) | capricious |
| steadfast, staid, staunch, unwavering, invariable, resolute (contrasted) | capricious |
| one who is concerned mainly with self-examination and one's own inner life rather than with others | introvert |
| shy person, self-observer, self-scrutinizer (synonyms) | introvert |
| introspective person (related) | introvert |
| one whose interests and thoughts are mainly with other people and things outside oneself rather than with one's own inner life | extrovert |
| socializer, outgoing person, gregarious person (synonyms) | extrovert |
| congenial person, affable person (related) | extrovert |
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