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Oedipus Vocabulary - Part 2 Flashcards

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An omen or a prophecy

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Augury

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Deadly; harmful

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Baneful

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Of little or no value

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Baseness

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To express grief or deep sorrow

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Bewail

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Any cause of destruction, decline, decay, or ruin

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Blighted

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Lighthearted

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Blithe

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A thing that is helpful or beneficial; close, intimate

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Boon

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Shameless; disrespectful

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Brazen

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To express disapproval of; scold; reproach

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Chide

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To agree in purpose or feeling

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Concert

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To make impure

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Defile

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A song or hymn of grief or lamentation

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Dirge

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To detect with the eyes; to differentiate between two things

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Discern

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Containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements; inequality

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Disparity

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Th foretelling of the future by magic

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Divination

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A clear earnest or humble request

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Entreaty

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17
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Adopt or support a cause

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Espousing

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To inflame or corrupt

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Fester

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A group bond together by common beliefs; a fenced enclosure for sheep

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Fold

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Fearful; feeling something bad will happen; premonition of evil

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Foreboding

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Unproductive or useless

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Fruitless

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To urge in a negative sense

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Goad

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Marked by kindness

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Gracious

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Very severe or serious

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Grievous

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Keep a thought o feeling; to shelter or give refuge

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Harbor

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Having or showing arrogance

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Haughty

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Something announced or publicized; someone who announces the news

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Heralded

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Sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive; passionate

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Impetuous

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Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy

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Indignation

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Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious

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Infamous

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Contemptuously rude in behavior or speech

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Insolence

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Prohibiting violation; to secure from destruction and violence

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Inviolable

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To show grieving; to mourn

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Lament

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Lineal descent from an ancestor

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Lineage

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Hacking or showing an even disposition; malevolent; malicious; to utter misleading reports about someone

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Malign

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To tone down

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Muted

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The state of being forgotten

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Oblivion

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Tangible or easily touchable

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Palpable

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A ringing of a set of bells

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Peal

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Subject to decay, spoilage, or destruction

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Perishable

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Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; powerful

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Pithy

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Powerful; having a strong effect

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Potent

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Something that foreshadows a future event (usually bad)

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Presage

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Showing contempt towards sacred things; rude

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Profane

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An unqualified or fake doctor

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Quack

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To suppress; put to an end; quiet down

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Quell

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To terminate by or as if by destroying; eliminate; extinguish

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Quench

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To chastise; to blame someone

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Reproach

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A short period of rest

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Respite

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To show devoted deferential honor; regard as worthy of great

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Revere

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To feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly

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Rue

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Someone who can foretell the future

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Soothsayer

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Secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure

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Stealthy

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Elevated or lofty in thought

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Sublime

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To call upon to do something specified; to call together

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Summon

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Humble prayer

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Supplication

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An excessive amount or superfluity

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Surfeited

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To remain or stay, as in a place; to linger; to decay in coming and going

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Tarry

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Tumultuous or turbulent

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Tempestuous

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Unintentional or accidental

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Unwitting

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To give forth with the voice

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Utter

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A person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment

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Vagrant

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Zealous; ardent; impassioned

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Vehement

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To hold in deep respect; revere; to honor in recognition of qualities or holiness, excellence, wisdom…; to honor, revere

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Venerate

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Irritated; annoyed

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Vexation

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To clear from accusation

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Vindicated

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Great sorrow or misfortune

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Woe

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Enthusiasm

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Zeal

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