Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of 'hamartia'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• An event causing great and sudden damage or distress

• Very angry; enraged

What is the definition of 'hubris'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• An event causing great and sudden damage or distress

• Very angry; enraged

What is the definition of 'calamity'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• An event causing great and sudden damage or distress

• Very angry; enraged

What is the definition of 'incensed'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• An event causing great and sudden damage or distress

• Very angry; enraged

What is the definition of 'laudatory'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• An event causing great and sudden damage or distress

• Full of praise

What is the definition of 'obsequious'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• Overly submissive and eager to please

• Very angry; enraged

What is the definition of 'scathing'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• Bitterly severe, harshly critical

• Very angry; enraged

What is the definition of 'virtuous'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Having excellent morals; righteous

• An event causing great and sudden damage or distress

• Very angry; enraged

What is the definition of 'skeptical'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• An event causing great and sudden damage or distress

• Inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

What is the definition of 'oracular'?

• A tragic flaw which causes a character's downfall

• Excessive pride

• An event causing great and sudden damage or distress

• Prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous