Oedipus Rex Vocab

Question 1

To command or request solemnly (with sorrow or seeiousness)

Answer 1

Adjure(v)

Question 2

To repay someone; to give compensation

Answer 2

Recompense (v)

Question 3

To demand with urgency or persistence

Answer 3

Importune (v)

Question 4

A vicious or depraved person; a criminal or villainous person

Answer 4

Miscreant (n)

Question 5

To surround (with military force or with troubling circumstances)

Answer 5

Beleaguer (v)

Question 6

To enclose within walls; to lock up to imprison, seclude or confine

Answer 6

Immure (v)

Question 7

To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead of with hold information; to lie

Answer 7

Prevaricate (v)

Question 8

A change or variation occurring in the course of something

Answer 8

Vicissitude (n)

Question 9

A tomb or place of burial

Answer 9

Sepulcher (n)

Question 10

Shockingly noticeable or obvious

Answer 10

Flagrant

Question 11

Strong displeasure at something considered unjust or offensive

Answer 11

Indignation (n)

Question 12

Help or relief; to bring relief

Answer 12

Succour (n or v)