Oedipus Vocabulary - Part 2 Flashcards
An omen or a prophecy
Augury
Deadly; harmful
Baneful
Of little or no value
Baseness
To express grief or deep sorrow
Bewail
Any cause of destruction, decline, decay, or ruin
Blighted
Lighthearted
Blithe
A thing that is helpful or beneficial; close, intimate
Boon
Shameless; disrespectful
Brazen
To express disapproval of; scold; reproach
Chide
To agree in purpose or feeling
Concert
To make impure
Defile
A song or hymn of grief or lamentation
Dirge
To detect with the eyes; to differentiate between two things
Discern
Containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements; inequality
Disparity
Th foretelling of the future by magic
Divination
A clear earnest or humble request
Entreaty
Adopt or support a cause
Espousing
To inflame or corrupt
Fester
A group bond together by common beliefs; a fenced enclosure for sheep
Fold
Fearful; feeling something bad will happen; premonition of evil
Foreboding
Unproductive or useless
Fruitless
To urge in a negative sense
Goad
Marked by kindness
Gracious
Very severe or serious
Grievous
Keep a thought o feeling; to shelter or give refuge
Harbor
Having or showing arrogance
Haughty
Something announced or publicized; someone who announces the news
Heralded
Sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive; passionate
Impetuous
Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy
Indignation
Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious
Infamous
Contemptuously rude in behavior or speech
Insolence
Prohibiting violation; to secure from destruction and violence
Inviolable
To show grieving; to mourn
Lament
Lineal descent from an ancestor
Lineage
Hacking or showing an even disposition; malevolent; malicious; to utter misleading reports about someone
Malign
To tone down
Muted
The state of being forgotten
Oblivion
Tangible or easily touchable
Palpable
A ringing of a set of bells
Peal
Subject to decay, spoilage, or destruction
Perishable
Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; powerful
Pithy
Powerful; having a strong effect
Potent
Something that foreshadows a future event (usually bad)
Presage
Showing contempt towards sacred things; rude
Profane
An unqualified or fake doctor
Quack
To suppress; put to an end; quiet down
Quell
To terminate by or as if by destroying; eliminate; extinguish
Quench
To chastise; to blame someone
Reproach
A short period of rest
Respite
To show devoted deferential honor; regard as worthy of great
Revere
To feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly
Rue
Someone who can foretell the future
Soothsayer
Secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure
Stealthy
Elevated or lofty in thought
Sublime
To call upon to do something specified; to call together
Summon
Humble prayer
Supplication
An excessive amount or superfluity
Surfeited
To remain or stay, as in a place; to linger; to decay in coming and going
Tarry
Tumultuous or turbulent
Tempestuous
Unintentional or accidental
Unwitting
To give forth with the voice
Utter
A person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment
Vagrant
Zealous; ardent; impassioned
Vehement
To hold in deep respect; revere; to honor in recognition of qualities or holiness, excellence, wisdom…; to honor, revere
Venerate
Irritated; annoyed
Vexation
To clear from accusation
Vindicated
Great sorrow or misfortune
Woe
Enthusiasm
Zeal