Oedipus Rex Vocab Flashcards
Despondent
Adjective
Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, discouragement, or gloom
He was despondent while watching his favorite team start to fall apart.
Blight
Verb
To destroy, ruin, frustrate
Illness blighted his hopes of going to school on Monday.
Oracle
Noun
Prophet
An oracle told him the day he will die.
Cortege
Noun
A group of people who follow someone important.
Donald trump had a cortege following behind him.
Mantic
Adjective
Divine
The mantic goddess watched as everyone died.
Revile
Verb
To speak abusively
The politician was reviled for his controversial actions.
Appall
Verb
To horrify
The test may not be a problem for some students, but it will appall the others.
Futile
Adjective
Useless, unimportant, ineffective
His efforts of keeping the crowd quiet were futile.
Infamy
Noun
An extremely bad reputation
He gained infamy by being mean to his friend.
Scourge
Verb
To punish
His mom decided to scourge him because he came home past his curfew.
Sanctimonious
Adjective
Falsely Holy or Sacred
He pretended to be sanctimonious, when in truth, he was anything but.
Façade
Noun
The outward appearance
When I arrived at the apartment, I notice that the facade was very colorful and decorative.
Luxuriate
Verb
To grow abundantly
The plant luxuriated in the sunlight.
Unfathomable
Adjective
Not able to be understood
The truth of the universe is unfathomable.
Insufferable
Adjective
unbearable
He tried to swim across the ocean, but then realized it was insufferable.
