2011 English 2: Lesson 7.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 profound | of the greatest intensity; for example, Oedipus has a profound temper, the supplicants who have gathered on his palace steps suffer from profound sadness and profound pain |
| affliction | something that causes pain or suffering; for example, the plague is the city's affliction; the children dying is an affliction; the murder is the cause for the affliction as well as the affliction itself |
| expedient | a means to an end; going to the Oracles (or the gods) is a means to an end as they either help them solve the problem or they fix it; bringing in Tieresius is expedient because what he says will allow them to figure out who the murderer is. |
| decrepit | old and feeble; worn-out; ruined; Tueresius is decrepit, however, he knows more in his age and in his blindness than OEDIPUS AND THEBES. |
| regicide | murder of a king or queen; the murder of Louis |
| defilement | the state of being polluted; the city itself is polluted by the plague and also the murderer who has not been brought to justice; the crops are also defiled by the plague that's destroying them; Oedipus is defiled |
| carrion | decaying flesh |
| accountable | expected to answer for one's actions; responsible, liable, answerable |
| duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness |
| soothsayer | a person who is able to predict the future, seer |
| edict | an order issued by someone in authority |
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