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Oedipus Rex Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Augury (n) | an omen, token, or indication; a fortune, a sign of things to come |
| Bane (n) | A fatal injury or a cause of death; truly annoying |
| Blight (n) | Disease or distruction |
| Compunction (n) | An emotional feeling that will cause you to do something; uneasiness caused by guilt |
| Durge (n) | A funeral song of tune |
| Discern (v) | to see or recognize |
| Disparity (n) | A lack of similarity; difference |
| Edict (n) | A law issued by authority |
| Chide (v) | To scold mildly |
| Boon (n) | A blessing or benidiction |
| Fester (v) | To intensify; to the point of "blowing up" |
| Goad (v) | To prevoke |
| Haughty (adj) | Arrogant, superior and distainful |
| Impetuous (adj) | Impulsive; acting or done quickly without thought (not so positive outcome) |
| Indignation (n) | Righteous anger; strong displesure of something unjust |
| Insolence (n) | The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties |
| Inviolable (adj) | Secure from destruction |
| Lineage (n) | Lineal descent from an ancester; ancestry or pedigree |
| Malign (V) | To seak about someone in a spiteful, critical manner |
| Peal (v) | To sound loudly and sonoresly |
| Pithy (adj) | Concise and forcefully expressive |
| Sublime (adj) | Complete, absolute; utter |
| Tarry (v) | To lingure or remain longer or stay in place |
| Quell (V) | To suppress; to end; extinguish |
| Reproach (n) | disgrace or shame |
| Rue (n) | Sadness associated with some wrong done or disappointment |
| Respite (n) | A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant |
| Supplication (n) | A prayer |
| Succor (n) | A comforting felief; aid or assistance |
| Surfeited (adj) | Filled to excess |