Sophocles Vocab 單詞卡 | Quizlet

shifty

deceitful, evasive

counterfeit

fake, forged

foment

incite, provoke

warily

cautiously, vigilantly

dog

pursue, hound

edict

decree, proclamation

hound

chase, harass

ignominious

disgraceful, shameful

promulgation

announcement

desecrate

defile, dishonor

flout

show contempt for

trifling

insignificant, worthless

abide

accept, stand for, tolerate

leniently

lightly

meddle

intervene, interfere

nemesis

adversary

caparisoned

adorn, decorate

resplendent

bright, radiant

falter

stumble, stutter

recompense

something returned, paid back

vicissitudes

change

disposition

personal temperament

ghastly

horrifying, dreadful; pale

injunction

decree, ban

maul

mangle, abuse

bumbling

unskillful

disheveled

wrinkled, unkempt in appearance

dithering

undecided, hesitant

off-putting

discouraging

doddering

aged, feeble

inkling

indication, clue

misgivings

uncertainty

senile

aged, old

chafing

abrasion

connoisseur

expert, aficionado

prowess

ability, skill

labyrinthine

mazelike

snares

trap

unflagging

persistent

unsavory

revolting, sickening

folly

nonsense, ridiculous idea

rambling

disconnected, wordy

blight

disease; plague

nullified

null and void

twinges

sharp pain

jubilant

glad, joyous

sanctity

holiness

sedition

rebellion

unremitting

continual

reprisal

revenge

toadying

ingratiating

trollop

loose woman, prostitute

quell

suppress, extinguish

ephemeral

fleeting, short-lived, transitory

pervade

affect strongly; spread through

dirge

elegy, requiem

forlorn

desolate, abandoned

mete out

administer

sepulcher

tomb, grave

stigmatize

brand, label

capricious

fickle, whimsical

scion

offspring, descendant

receptacle

container, vessel

augury

omen, portent

pandemonium

chaos, turmoil

portent

omen, sign

quavering

trembling, shaky

repent

regret, remorse

set-to

fight

intemperate

immoderate, excessive

obsequies

funeral rites, last rites

adulate

flatter, praise excessively

pomp and circumstance

grandeur, ceremony

clemency

mercy, leniency

lopped

cut, trimmed

absolution

forgiveness, pardon

alibi

excuse, explanation

corrode

erode, deteriorate, rust

seething

crazy, distraught, emotional

panegyrics

paean, eulogy

intemperate

immoderate, unjustified

rampart

bulwark, fortification

jargon

lingo, argot

venerable

respected, honorable

glutted

saturated, filled

unhallowed

unconsecrated, unsanctified

waxen

pale, pastyv

dwindle

decrease, diminish

smother

suffocate, choke