Oedipus the King Vocabulary

Copy and define each of the following terms in your notebook. As we read the play in class, check your definitions to ascertain that they are correct within the context of the play.

1. Augur 18. Festering 35. Malign 52. Soothsayer 2. Baneful 19. Fold 36. Mute 53. Stealth 3. Base 20. Foreboding 37. Oblivion 54. Sublime 4. Bewailed 21. Fruitful 38. Palpable 55. Summoned 5. Blight 22. Goads 39. Peal 56. Supplicate 6. Blithe 23. Graciously 40. Perishing 57. Surfeited 7. Boons 24. Grievous 41. Pithy 58. Tarries 8. Brazen 25. Harbored 42. Potency 59. Tempest 9. Chiding 26. Haughtily 43. Presage 60. Unwitting 10. Conceit 27. Herald 44. Profaning 61. Utter 11. Defiled 28. Impetuous 45. Quack 62. Vagrant 12. Dirge 29. Indignant 46. Quell 63. Vehement 13. Discern 30. Infamous 47. Quench 64. Venerable 14. Disparate 31. Insolence 48. Reproach 65. Vex 15. Divination 32. Inviolate 49. Respite 66. Vindication 16. Entreaty 33. Lamentation 50. Reverence 67. Woe 17. Espouse 34. Lineage 51. Rue 68. Zeal