Oedipus Terms Flashcards

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Bane, baneful

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A source of harm or destruction; harmful, destructive

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Baseness

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The quality of lacking higher values

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Bewail

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To deplore, to express deep sorrow

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Blighted

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Destroyed or caused by decline or decay

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Blithe

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Lighthearted, joyous, glad, cheerful, free of spirit

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Boon

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Favorable, a blessing, a benefit

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Augury

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An omen or prophecy

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Brazen

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Shameless, insolent, disrespectful

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Chide

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To voice disapproval, to scold

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Concert

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Agreement in purpose or feeling, consensus

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Defile

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To make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute

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Dirge

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Funeral hymn, lament

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Discern

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To differentiate between two or more things

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Disparity

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Inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, ranks, or degree

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Divination

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Foretelling the future by means of magic

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Entreaty

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To plea, an earnest request

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Espousing

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Marrying, giving ones loyalty; adopting or embracing a cause

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Fester

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To cause increased poisoning, to inflame or to corrupt

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Fold

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A group bound together by common beliefs; fences enclosure for sheep

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Foreboding

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A premonition of evil, and ominous omen

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Fruitless

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Unproductive, unsuccessful

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Goad

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To urge on in a negative sense

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Gracious

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Marked by kindness, courtesy, and tact

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Grievous

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Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave

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Harbor

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To give shelter or refuge

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Haughty

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Arrogant, excessively proud and vain

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Heralded

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Announced or publicized

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Impetuous

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Violent, hasty, rash, impulsive

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Indignation

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Anger as a result of something unjust

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Infamous

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Having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad

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Insolence

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Insulting or contemptuous behavior

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Inviolable

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Secure from violation or from being profaned

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Lament

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To mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner

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Lineage

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Line of descent or tradition

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Malign

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To utter injuriously mislead reports about

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Muted

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Toned down or silenced

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Oblivion

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State of being forgotten

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Palpable

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Tangible, perceptible, easily noticeable

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Peal

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A loud ringing

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Perishable

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Likely to decay or spoil

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Pithy

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Concise and meaningful

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Potent

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Powerful, having a strong effect

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Presage

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Something that foreshadows a future event; foreknowledge of the future

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Profane

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Showing contempt toward sacred things

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Quack

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An unqualified or fake Doctor

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Quell

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To quiet or to put down a disturbance

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Quench

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To extinguish, to put out; to relieve with liquid

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Reproach

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To blame for something; a disgrace

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Respite

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A rest, a delay, a period of relief

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Revere

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To honor, to regard with respect

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Rue

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To be sorry for, to regret

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Soothsayer

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A person who is able to predict to future

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Stealthy

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Acting in secret and secret way–a negative term

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Sublime

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Exalted, noble, uplifting