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)