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Oedipus Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

supreme power or authority

a)

abhorrent

b)

malevolent

c)

sovereignty

d)

harboured

2.

spiteful, showing ill will

a)

sapient

b)

abhorrent

c)

sovereignty

d)

malevolent

3.

wicked, profane

a)

impious

b)

implore

c)

sapient

d)

ominous

4.

impossible to stop or prevent

a)

malevolent

b)

inexorable

c)

harboured

d)

insolence

5.

to convince someone to lie or commit a crime

a)

suborn

b)

implore

c)

ominous

d)

deflect

6.

to beg earnestly for

a)

sapient

b)

impious

c)

ominous

d)

implore

7.

say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice

a)

prophecy

b)

intoned

c)

implore

d)

ominous

8.

rude or disrespectful behavior

a)

abhorrent

b)

malevolent

c)

inexorable

d)

insolence

9.

greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction

a)

enigmatic

b)

ominous

c)

ravenous

d)

unremitting

10.

evil fame or reputation

a)

solemn

b)

sapient

c)

futile

d)

infamy

11.

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so

a)

intoned

b)

obstinate

c)

insolence

d)

consecrate

12.

wise, full of knowledge

a)

impious

b)

malevolent

c)

sapient

d)

implore

13.

serious; grave

a)

infamy

b)

sapient

c)

solemn

d)

futile

14.

to turn or move to one side; to bend; to swerve

a)

sapient

b)

deflect

c)

implore

d)

prophecy

15.

puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

a)

ravenous

b)

unremitting

c)

enigmatic

d)

consecrate