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Oedipus Vocabulary 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| exile | The act of expelling a person from their native land, a person banished from home or country |
| witch-hunt | A search for and persecution of dissenters (driven by irrational fear or hatred) |
| scheme | An elaborate and systematic plan of action |
| obscure | vague, hard to see, understand, or find |
| denounce | Speak out against, to openly accuse or condemn |
| baseless | Without a basis in reason or fact |
| strife | Lack of harmony, bitter conflic |
| inflict | Impose something unpleasant |
| concession | The act of conceding or yielding |
| hearsay | Heard through another instead of directly, gossip |
| torment | Unbearable pain or extreme mental distress |
| calamitous | disastrous, having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin |
| defile | to make dirty, to corrupt, sully, or pollute |
| impious | lacking respect or lacking reverence for God |
| incestuous | Resembling incest as by excessive intimacy |