Oedipus Vocabulary - Part 2

Question 1

An omen or a prophecy

Answer 1

Augury

Question 2

Deadly; harmful

Answer 2

Baneful

Question 3

Of little or no value

Answer 3

Baseness

Question 4

To express grief or deep sorrow

Answer 4

Bewail

Question 5

Any cause of destruction, decline, decay, or ruin

Answer 5

Blighted

Question 6

Lighthearted

Answer 6

Blithe

Question 7

A thing that is helpful or beneficial; close, intimate

Answer 7

Boon

Question 8

Shameless; disrespectful

Answer 8

Brazen

Question 9

To express disapproval of; scold; reproach

Answer 9

Chide

Question 10

To agree in purpose or feeling

Answer 10

Concert

Question 11

To make impure

Answer 11

Defile

Question 12

A song or hymn of grief or lamentation

Answer 12

Dirge

Question 13

To detect with the eyes; to differentiate between two things

Answer 13

Discern

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Disparity

Question 15

Th foretelling of the future by magic

Answer 15

Divination

Question 16

A clear earnest or humble request

Answer 16

Entreaty

Question 17

Adopt or support a cause

Answer 17

Espousing

Question 18

To inflame or corrupt

Answer 18

Fester

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Fold

Question 20

Fearful; feeling something bad will happen; premonition of evil

Answer 20

Foreboding

Question 21

Unproductive or useless

Answer 21

Fruitless

Question 22

To urge in a negative sense

Answer 22

Goad

Question 23

Marked by kindness

Answer 23

Gracious

Question 24

Very severe or serious

Answer 24

Grievous

Question 25

Keep a thought o feeling; to shelter or give refuge

Answer 25

Harbor

Question 26

Having or showing arrogance

Answer 26

Haughty

Question 27

Something announced or publicized; someone who announces the news

Answer 27

Heralded

Question 28

Sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive; passionate

Answer 28

Impetuous

Question 29

Anger aroused by something unjust, mean, or unworthy

Answer 29

Indignation

Question 30

Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious

Answer 30

Infamous

Question 31

Contemptuously rude in behavior or speech

Answer 31

Insolence

Question 32

Prohibiting violation; to secure from destruction and violence

Answer 32

Inviolable

Question 33

To show grieving; to mourn

Answer 33

Lament

Question 34

Lineal descent from an ancestor

Answer 34

Lineage

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Malign

Question 36

To tone down

Answer 36

Muted

Question 37

The state of being forgotten

Answer 37

Oblivion

Question 38

Tangible or easily touchable

Answer 38

Palpable

Question 39

A ringing of a set of bells

Answer 39

Peal

Question 40

Subject to decay, spoilage, or destruction

Answer 40

Perishable

Question 41

Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; powerful

Answer 41

Pithy

Question 42

Powerful; having a strong effect

Answer 42

Potent

Question 43

Something that foreshadows a future event (usually bad)

Answer 43

Presage

Question 44

Showing contempt towards sacred things; rude

Answer 44

Profane

Question 45

An unqualified or fake doctor

Answer 45

Quack

Question 46

To suppress; put to an end; quiet down

Answer 46

Quell

Question 47

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

Answer 47

Quench

Question 48

To chastise; to blame someone

Answer 48

Reproach

Question 49

A short period of rest

Answer 49

Respite

Question 50

To show devoted deferential honor; regard as worthy of great

Answer 50

Revere

Question 51

To feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly

Answer 51

Rue

Question 52

Someone who can foretell the future

Answer 52

Soothsayer

Question 53

Secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure

Answer 53

Stealthy

Question 54

Elevated or lofty in thought

Answer 54

Sublime

Question 55

To call upon to do something specified; to call together

Answer 55

Summon

Question 56

Humble prayer

Answer 56

Supplication

Question 57

An excessive amount or superfluity

Answer 57

Surfeited

Question 58

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

Answer 58

Tarry

Question 59

Tumultuous or turbulent

Answer 59

Tempestuous

Question 60

Unintentional or accidental

Answer 60

Unwitting

Question 61

To give forth with the voice

Answer 61

Utter

Question 62

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

Answer 62

Vagrant

Question 63

Zealous; ardent; impassioned

Answer 63

Vehement

Question 64

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

Answer 64

Venerate

Question 65

Irritated; annoyed

Answer 65

Vexation

Question 66

To clear from accusation

Answer 66

Vindicated

Question 67

Great sorrow or misfortune

Answer 67

Woe

Question 68

Enthusiasm

Answer 68

Zeal