Oedipus Vocab Flashcards
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Blight
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Destructive Disease
2
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Pestilence
A
Plague
3
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Induced
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Caused
4
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Dispatch
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Kill
5
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Invoke
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Summon;cause to appear
6
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Prophecy
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Prediction of the future
7
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Countenance
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The look on a persons face
8
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Malignant
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Very Harmful
9
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Lamentations
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Expression if deep sorrow
10
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Expiation
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The act of making amends for wrong doing
11
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Brazen
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Of brass or like brass in color
12
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Sovereignty
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Supreme authority
13
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Chide
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Scold
14
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Obstinacy
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Stubbornness
15
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Besotted
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Foolish;stupefied
16
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Knavish
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Deceitful
17
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Herald
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Person who makes proclamations and carries messages
18
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Infamies
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Items of notorious disgrace and dishonor
19
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Surfeit
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Excessive supply
20
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Fettered
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Shackled ; Chained
21
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Beneficent
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Kind; helpful
22
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Consonant
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In harmony or agreement
23
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Gratify
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Please
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Infamous
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Disgraceful
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Reverence
Show great respect
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Conjecturing
Inferring or predicting from incomplete evidence
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Swaddling
Cloth wrapped around an infant at birth in ancient times
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Purge
Cleanse of guilt or sin
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Imprecations
Acts of cursing and invoking evil
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Vilely
Wickedly
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Parricide
One who murders one's father
