US Senate Page School Vocab Quiz 2B

Arcadian

Bucolic and ideal (usually associated with the countryside)

Cynical

Contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives

Draconian

Extreme; severe (usually used in reference to punishment or laws)

Halcyon

Perfect; idealized (frequently appears before “days”)

Herculean

Requiring great strength or energy (often used with “task” or “effort”)

Laconic

Brief, concise, using few words

Lethal

Deadly (from the river, which souls crossed on the way to Hades and which made them forget their life on earth)

Lethargic

Lacking energy

Marathon

Very long (in time, not size)

Procrustean

Forcing conformity; allowing no deviation

Protean

Able to change shapes or forms (not necessarily literally)

Spartan

Simple and plain, without adornment

Stentorian

Very loud and commanding

Stoic

Showing no emotion (note that it does not mean lacking emotion)

Stygian

Dark and gloomy (to describe settings, not people)

Titanic

Huge