Oedipus Rex Vocabulary List 2

Insolence

rudeness

Brazen

shameless or rude; impudent

Pestilence

a contagious or infectious epidemic disease

Din

a loud and continuous noise

Indiscretion

a misjudgment; a lapse; recklessness

Seer

a person who predicts

Perquisite

a privilege or benefit of title

Temperate

moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion

Infamy

an evil reputation

Opportune

appropriate, favorable, or suitable; well timed

Carrion

dead and rotting flesh

Duplicity

deceptiveness, the quality of being two-faced

Incarnate

embodied, made flesh

Regicide

the killing of a king; parricide

Rankle

to cause irritation or bitterness; rankness; the quality of being putrid, rancid, offensively gross or course, foulness

Parry

to ward off a blow

Clairvoyant

unusually perceptive or discerning

Tumult

violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar; uprising

Decrepit

weakened by old age; feeble; infirm; worn out by long use

Prudent

wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect