Oedipus Rex Vocab Flashcards
To command or request solemnly (with sorrow or seeiousness)
Adjure(v)
To repay someone; to give compensation
Recompense (v)
To demand with urgency or persistence
Importune (v)
A vicious or depraved person; a criminal or villainous person
Miscreant (n)
To surround (with military force or with troubling circumstances)
Beleaguer (v)
To enclose within walls; to lock up to imprison, seclude or confine
Immure (v)
To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead of with hold information; to lie
Prevaricate (v)
A change or variation occurring in the course of something
Vicissitude (n)
A tomb or place of burial
Sepulcher (n)
Shockingly noticeable or obvious
Flagrant
Strong displeasure at something considered unjust or offensive
Indignation (n)
Help or relief; to bring relief
Succour (n or v)