Oedipus Vocab

5 Written Questions

1. adj.
   caused by nervousness; affected with timidity; trembling
2. n.
   an offensive disrespectful impudent act
3. adj. unshakable or insistent in a position; unbreakable
   n. an unbreakable hard substance
4. v.
   to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure
5. v. to generate pus
   n. boil, pimple, pustule

5 Matching Questions

1. Pious
2. Sovereign
3. Omnipotent
4. Consummate
5. Brazen

1. a n. one possessing supreme political power
   adj. excellent, possessed of supreme power
2. b adj.
   marked by boldness
3. c adj.
   complete in every detail
4. d adj. having unlimited authority or influence
   n. one who has unlimited authority
5. e adj.
   marked by or showing reverance for a god and devotion to divine worship

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. n. an authoritative command
   v. to administer, assign, or officially require
   1. Mandate
   2. Incarnate
   3. Malice
   4. Infamy
2. n.
   act or process of degrading
   1. Decimate
   2. Degradation
   3. Begrudge
   4. Compunction
3. n.
   evil reputation brought about by something criminal, grossly, or brutal
   1. Malice
   2. Infamy
   3. Mandate
   4. Fester
4. v.
   procreate, to develop
   1. Engender
   2. Insolence
   3. Begrudge
   4. Fester
5. adj. possessing or acting with bravery; courageous, brave
   n. a valiant person
   1. Mandate
   2. Malice
   3. Adamant
   4. Valiant

5 True/False Questions

1. Progeny → adj.
   marked by boldness

   True        False

2. Compunction → n.
   anxiety caused by guilt

   True        False

3. Malice → adj. possessing or acting with bravery; courageous, brave
   n. a valiant person

   True        False

4. Incarnate → adj. made with human nature and form
   v. to give human form or substance to

   True        False

5. Decimate → n. an authoritative command
   v. to administer, assign, or officially require

   True        False