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Oedipus
Vocab Words
Question | Answer |
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Hubris/Pride | Pride or Arrogance; axcess of amibition, pride, etc. |
Catharsis | The purging of the emotions or relieving or emotional tensions |
Reversal of Fortune | A negative turn of luck |
Discredit | To deprive of good repute |
Treason | The offense of acting to overthrow one's gov. |
Inquiry | A request for information |
Blasphemy | Impious utterance or action concerning god or sacred things. |
Vanity | Excessive pride in one's appearance, abilities |
Recognition | Identification of something you have seen previously Identification of something you have seen previously |
Arrogance | An attitude os superiority manifested in an overbreaking manner or in presumptous claims or assumptions. |
Remedy | Something that cures or relieves a diesease |
Wretched | In poor or pitiful circumstances, characterized by or causing misery |
Avenge | To take vengeance on behalf of or exact satisfaction, to get even with |
Oracle | Obscure, giving by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry. |
Reverent | Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect |
Exile | A person banished from his or her native land |
Ponder | To consider something deeply and throughly |
Dignity | Nobility or elevating or character; worthiness of dignity of sentiments |
Vague | Something not clearly shown and not expressed clearly |