Oedipus the King Vocabulary

Question 1

one praying humbly for something

Answer 1

supplicant

Question 2

impressive by reason of age

Answer 2

venerable

Question 3

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Answer 3

obdurate

Question 4

toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way

Answer 4

welter

Question 5

a state or condition being devastated

Answer 5

blight

Question 6

ask for or request earnestly

Answer 6

beseech

Question 7

an idle slothful person

Answer 7

sluggers

Question 8

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Answer 8

extirpate

Question 9

the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing

Answer 9

expiation

Question 10

incite to commit a crime or an evil deed

Answer 10

suborn

Question 11

not injured

Answer 11

unscathed

Question 12

payment or reward, as for service rendered

Answer 12

recompense

Question 13

abundantly filled with especially living things

Answer 13

teeming

Question 14

turn pale, as if in fear

Answer 14

blanch

Question 15

ask for or request earnestly

Answer 15

adjure

Question 16

the trait of being uncommunicative

Answer 16

taciturnity

Question 17

treat with contemptuous disregard

Answer 17

flout

Question 18

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

Answer 18

stint

Question 19

a false accusation of an offense

Answer 19

calumny

Question 20

a flamboyant deceiver

Answer 20

charlatan

Question 21

ring or echo with sound

Answer 21

reverberate

Question 22

an irritable feeling

Answer 22

petulance

Question 23

artfully persuasive in speech

Answer 23

glib

Question 24

freedom from activity

Answer 24

repose

Question 25

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

Answer 25

stealthy

Question 26

complete and confirmed integrity

Answer 26

probity

Question 27

defiantly aggressive

Answer 27

truculent

Question 28

lessen or to try to lessen the serious or extent of

Answer 28

mitigate

Question 29

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

Answer 29

unrelenting

Question 30

an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker

Answer 30

roisterer

Question 31

be adequate, either in quality or quantity

Answer 31

suffice

Question 32

of heaven or the spirit

Answer 32

ethereal

Question 33

eager to surpass others

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emulous

Question 34

lacking piety or reverence for a god

Answer 34

impious

Question 35

deeply agitated especially from emotion

Answer 35

overwrought

Question 36

censure severely or angrily

Answer 36

rebuke

Question 37

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear

Answer 37

prevaricate

Question 38

cover as if with a burial garment

Answer 38

shroud

Question 39

cover as if with a burial garment

Answer 39

shroud

Question 40

a blood-red color

Answer 40

sanguine

Question 41

a relief from harm or discomfort

Answer 41

respite

Question 42

a shackle for the ankles or feet

Answer 42

fetter

Question 43

spot, stain, or pollute

Answer 43

defile

Question 44

most unfortunate or miserable

Answer 44

abject

Question 45

showing deep-seated resentment

Answer 45

rancorous

Question 46

the act of treating with contempt

Answer 46

derision

Question 47

the guardianship and control exercised by a deity

Answer 47

providence

Question 48

feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious

Answer 48

abashed

Question 49

the state of being held in low esteem

Answer 49

disrepute

Question 50

poor enough to need help from others

Answer 50

destitute

Question 51

overcome by superior force

Answer 51

overwhelm