Vocab Oedipus the King Part 2

Question 1

douse

Answer 1

to plunge in water

Question 2

smite

Answer 2

to strike sharply or heavily especially with the hand or and implement held in the hand

Question 3

cleave

Answer 3

to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly

Question 4

avert

Answer 4

to turn awaay or aside in avoidance

Question 5

adversity

Answer 5

a state or condition contrary to one of well being

Question 6

brazen

Answer 6

marked by contemptuous boldness

Question 7

boisterous

Answer 7

noilisly turbulent

Question 8

abhor

Answer 8

to regard with extreme pungenece

Question 9

perturb

Answer 9

to throw into confusion

Question 10

rebuke

Answer 10

to criticize sharply

Question 11

divination

Answer 11

unusual insight; intuitive perception

Question 12

insolence

Answer 12

the quality of being insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct.

Question 13

defile

Answer 13

to make clean or impure

Question 14

impunity

Answer 14

freedom from punishment

Question 15

torrent

Answer 15

a tumultuous outpouring

Question 16

cupidity

Answer 16

inordinate desire for wealth

Question 17

equivocal

Answer 17

subject to two or more intermpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse

Question 18

canopy

Answer 18

a cover fixed or carried above a person of high rank or a sacred object

Question 19

lore

Answer 19

traditional knowledge or belief

Question 20

impiety

Answer 20

the quality of lacking in reverence or proper respect

Question 21

lament

Answer 21

to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively

Question 22

bereave

Answer 22

to take away (a valued or necessary posession)

Question 23

aghast

Answer 23

struck with terror, amazement, or horror

Question 24

effrontery

Answer 24

shameless boldness

Question 25

sanctimonious

Answer 25

affecting piousness; hypocritically devout

Question 26

senile

Answer 26

of, of relation to, exhibiting, or characteristic of old age

Question 27

puerile

Answer 27

juvenile

Question 28

obstinacy

Answer 28

the quality or state of being obstinate or stubborn

Question 29

cant

Answer 29

to talk or beg in a whining or singsong matter

Question 30

specious

Answer 30

having a false look of truth or genuineness