Oedipus Rex Vocabulary
Brazen
(adj.) acting or done in a very open and shocking way w/o shame or embarrassment
Effulgent
(adj.) having brilliance/ radiant splendor
Incarnadine
(adj.) having the pinkish color of flesh
Unscathed
(adj.) not hurt, harmed, or damaged
Sapient
(adj.) possessing or expressing great sagacity
Tremulous
(adj.) shaking slightly especially because of nervousness, weakness, or illness
Paltry
(adj.) very small or too small in amount; having little meaning, importance, or worth
Elegiac
(adj.) written in or consisting of elegiac couplets (2 dactylic hexameter lines...)
Progeny
(n.) a child/descendent; something that is the product of something else
Putrescence
(n.) the state of undergoing putrefaction [the decomposition of organic matter]
Decimated
(trans.v.) to severely damage or destroy a large part of (something)
Consummate
(v.) to make something perfect or complete (to make complete by having sex)