Oedipus Vocab

Question 1

One praying humbly for something

Answer 1

Suppliant

Question 2

Impressive by reason of age

Answer 2

Venerable

Question 3

Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Answer 3

Obdurate

Question 4

Toss, roll, rise and fall in an uncontrolled way

Answer 4

Welter

Question 5

A state of being devasted

Answer 5

Blight

Question 6

Ask for our request earnestly

Answer 6

Beseech

Question 7

An idle, slothful person

Answer 7

Sluggard

Question 8

Destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Answer 8

Extirpate

Question 9

An act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing

Answer 9

Expiation

Question 10

Incite to commit a crime or evil deed

Answer 10

Suborn

Question 11

Not injured

Answer 11

Unscathed

Question 12

Payment or reward, as for service rendered

Answer 12

Recompense

Question 13

Abundantly filled with especially living things

Answer 13

Teeming

Question 14

To turn pale, as if in fear

Answer 14

Blanch/blench

Question 15

Ask for or request earnestly

Answer 15

Adjure

Question 16

The trait of being uncommunicative

Answer 16

Taciturnity

Question 17

Treat with contemptuous disregard

Answer 17

Flout

Question 18

Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

Answer 18

Stint

Question 19

A false accusation of an offense

Answer 19

Calumny

Question 20

A flamboyant deceiver

Answer 20

Charlatan

Question 21

Ring or echo with sound

Answer 21

Reverberate

Question 22

An irritable feeling

Answer 22

Petulance

Question 23

Artfully persuasive in speech

Answer 23

Glib

Question 24

Freedom from activity

Answer 24

Repose

Question 25

Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

Answer 25

Stealthy

Question 26

Complete and confirmed integrity

Answer 26

Probity

Question 27

Defiantly aggressive

Answer 27

Truculent

Question 28

Lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

Answer 28

Mitigate

Question 29

Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

Answer 29

Unrelenting

Question 30

An especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker

Answer 30

Roisterer

Question 31

Be adequate, either in quality or quantity

Answer 31

Suffice

Question 32

Of heaven or the spirit

Answer 32

Ethereal

Question 33

Eager to surpass others

Answer 33

Emulous

Question 34

Lacking piety or reverence for a god

Answer 34

Impious

Question 35

Deeply agitated especially from emotion

Answer 35

Overwrought

Question 36

Censure severely or angrily

Answer 36

Rebuke

Question 37

Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear

Answer 37

Prevaricate

Question 38

Cover as if with a burial garment

Answer 38

Shroud

Question 39

A blood red color

Answer 39

Sanguine

Question 40

A relief from harm or discomfort

Answer 40

Respite

Question 41

A shackle for the ankles or feet

Answer 41

Fetter

Question 42

Spot, stain or pollute

Answer 42

Defile

Question 43

Most unfortunate or miserable

Answer 43

Abject

Question 44

Showing deep-seated resentment

Answer 44

Rancorous

Question 45

The act of treating with contempt

Answer 45

Derision

Question 46

The guardianship and control exercised by a deity

Answer 46

Providence

Question 47

The state of being held in low esteem

Answer 47

Disrepute

Question 48

Poor enough to need help from others

Answer 48

Destitute

Question 49

Overcome by superior force

Answer 49

Overwhelm

Question 50

feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious

Answer 50

Abashed