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Oedipus the king 2
second test on defintions for Mrs. Heroux's ap lit class due 10/10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Grievous | characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave. |
| Harbor | To give shelter or refuge |
| Haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain |
| heralded | announced or publicized |
| Impetuous | violent, hasty, rash, impulsive |
| Indignation | anger as a result of something unjust |
| Infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad |
| Insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
| Inviolable | secure from violation or from being profaned |
| Lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
| Lineage | line of descent or tradition |
| Malign | to utter injuriously misleading reports about |
| muted | toned down or silenced |
| oblivion | state of being forgotten |
| palpable | tangible, perceptible, easily noticeable |
| peal | a loud ringing (usually bells) |
| perishable | likely to decay or to spoil |
| pithy | concise and meaningful |
| potent | powerful, having a strong effect |
| presage | something that foreshadows a future event; foreknowledge of the future |
| Profane | showing contempt toward sacred things |
| quack | an unqualified or fake doctor, chariatan |
| quell | to quiet or to put down a disturbance |