Oedipus Vocabulary Flashcards
A humble and sincere appeal to somebody who has the power to grant that request (plea)
Supplication
One who expresses a humble and sincere appeal to somebody who has the power to grant that request (petitioner)
Suppliant
Having a quality of mystery and ambiguity and so difficult to understand or interpret (mysterious)
Enigmatic
An epidemic of a highly contagious or infectious disease (plague)
Pestilence
A persons face or facial expression (appearance)
Countenance
Extremely hungry (famished)
Ravenous
To stir to action, usually negatively (instigated)
Incited
An incidence if having or showing an aggressive lack of respect in speech or behavior (arrogance)
Insolence
Expressing a feeling or thought clearly, memorably, or movingly (poetically)
Eloquently
Involving hidden dangers or hazards (unsafe)
Treacherous
Continuing, persisting, or recurring without diminishing or ceasing (persistent)
Unremitting
A feeling that something bad is going to happen (premonitions)
Forebodings
To corrupt or ruin something (vandalize)
Defile
Something that is immoral, disgusting, or shameful (perversion)
Abomination
Arousing strong feelings of repugnance or disapproval (despicable)
Abhorrent
A manner of having or showing a desire to harm others (wicked)
Malevolent
In a manner of extreme contempt or disgust for something or somebody (arrogantly)
Disdainfully
To make something evident by showing or demonstrating it very clearly (reveals)
Manifests
Lacking proper social values or moral principles (immoral)
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