Vocabulary+Lists



Vocabulary List Poetry and //Oedipus//

From //Seagull Reader// 1. Tremulous, adj. (14): shaking or quivering slightly (usually a sound)

2. Cadence, n. (14): a modulation or inflection of the voice

3. Turbid, adj. (14): cloudy, opaque, thick with suspended matter

4. Sundry, adj. (257): of various kinds; several

5. Vermeil, adj. (259): gilded silver or bronze

From //The Theban Plays// 6. Suppliant, n. (159): a person making a humble plea to someone in authority

7. Denounce, v. (171): publicly declare to be wrong or evil

8. Infamy, n. (180): bad reputation or public reproach as a result of criminal activity or immoral behavior

9. Scourge, n. (183): a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering

10. Insufferable, adj. (183): too extreme to bear, intolerable

11. Marauding, adj. (189): roaming in search of things to steal or people to attack

12. Sanctimonious, adj. (190): making a show of being morally superior to other people

13. Curry, v. (193): ingratiate oneself with someone through obsequious behavior (to curry favor)

14. Surmise, v. (193): to suppose that something is true without sufficient evidence to confirm it

15. Concessions, n. (197): the action of yielding to demands, conceding to requests

16. Inviolate, adj. (210): free or safe from injury or violation

17. Berth, n. (216): space allotted by which one can stay clear of another (to give a wide berth)

18. Vagabond, n. (219): person who wanders from place to place without home or job

19. Dirge, n. (234): a lament for the dead, one usually performed at a funeral

20. Harrowing, adj. (234): causing distress to