Oedipus

Mrs. Collins
words associated with Greek tragedies and Oedipus the King
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  1. accursed
    under or as if under an evil spell
  2. ally
    a friendly nation
  3. appall
    strike with disgust or revulsion
  4. archer
    a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
  5. atonement
    the act of making amends for sin or wrongdoing
  6. begrudge
    be envious of or feel annoyance toward
  7. blight
    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
  8. blunt
    not sharp (used of a knife or other blade)
  9. bough
    any of the larger branches of a tree
  10. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  11. calamitous
    having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences
  12. catastrophe
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  13. climax
    the highest point of anything
  14. communion
    sharing thoughts and feelings
  15. compose
    form the substance of
  16. concession
    the act of yielding
  17. conspiracy
    a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
  18. defilement
    the state of being polluted
  19. defile
    make dirty or spotty
  20. denounce
    speak out against
  21. destiny
    the ultimate agency predetermining the course of events
  22. detect
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  23. drift
    be in motion due to some air or water current
  24. emblem
    special design representing a quality, type, or group
  25. endowed
    provided or supplied or equipped with
  26. expel
    eliminate
  27. exposition
    a collection of things for public display
  28. famine
    a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death
  29. ferocious
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  30. generation
    group of genetically related organisms in a line of descent
  31. goad
    stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
  32. graze
    feed as in a meadow or pasture
  33. heir
    a person entitled by law to inherit the estate of another
  34. helm
    steering mechanism for a vessel
  35. herald
    a person who announces important news
  36. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  37. immigrant
    a person who comes to a country in order to settle there
  38. immortal
    not subject to death
  39. impious
    lacking piety or reverence for a god
  40. impunity
    exemption from punishment or loss
  41. indictment
    an accusation of wrongdoing
  42. inglorious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  43. intimacy
    a feeling of being close and belonging together
  44. intriguing
    capable of arousing interest or curiosity
  45. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  46. laurel
    a small aromatic tree with shiny dark green leaves
  47. lineage
    the kinship relation between an individual and progenitors
  48. nymph
    a minor nature goddess depicted as a beautiful maiden
  49. obscurity
    the state of being indistinct due to lack of light
  50. oracle
    a shrine where a prophet is consulted
  51. origin
    the place where something begins
  52. pasture
    a field covered with grass and suitable for grazing
  53. pitch
    the high or low quality of a sound
  54. plague
    any large-scale calamity
  55. proclamation
    a formal public statement
  56. pronounce
    speak or utter in a certain way
  57. prophet
    someone who speaks by divine inspiration
  58. prophetic
    foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
  59. reign
    royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
  60. reproach
    express criticism towards
  61. resignation
    the act of giving up, as a claim or office or possession
  62. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  63. rite
    any customary observance or practice
  64. shroud
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  65. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
  66. stature
    the height of a standing person
  67. strife
    bitter conflict; heated or violent dissension
  68. sulky
    sullen or moody
  69. supplication
    the act of communicating with a deity
  70. swoop
    move with a sweep
  71. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  72. traitor
    a person who says one thing and does another
  73. treacherously
    in a disloyal and faithless manner
  74. tribute
    something given or done as an expression of esteem
  75. tuft
    a bunch or cluster of strands, as of grass, hair, etc.
  76. unhinged
    affected or as if affected with madness or insanity
  77. vengeance
    harming someone in retaliation for something they have done
  78. vile
    morally reprehensible
  79. wisdom
    accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
  80. Apollo
    Greek god of light
  81. Arcturus
    the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth
  82. Artemis
    the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon
  83. Delphi
    an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus
  84. Dionysus
    god of wine and fertility and drama
  85. Hermes
    messenger and herald of the gods
  86. Pan
    god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks
  87. Parnassus
    a mountain in central Greece where the Muses lived
  88. Zeus
    the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology
  89. exposition
    a collection of things for public display
  90. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  91. climax
    the highest point of anything
  92. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  93. dramatic irony
    when the audience understands something the characters don't
  94. hamartia
    the character flaw or error of a tragic hero
  95. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  96. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  97. mimesis
    imitative or realistic representation in art and literature
  98. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  99. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  100. peripety
    a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
Created on Sun Jan 08 13:00:51 EST 2012 (updated Sun Jan 08 13:27:19 EST 2012)

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