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Oedipus Rex JLC-AMS-DRD 2
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10th Grade
11/29/2010
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liquidate
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to settle or pay
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innumerable
 Definition
too many to be numbered
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plaintive
 Definition
expressive of suffering or woe
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beseeching
 Definition
to beg for urgently or anxiously
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invalid
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not valid
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supplication
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to make a humble entreaty
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compunction
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anxiety arising from awareness of guilt
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expedient
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suitable for achieving a particular end in a given
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decrepit
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wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
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disdain
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a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior
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venerate
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to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
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primal
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first in importance
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tragic hero
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a hero in a tragedy
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fatal flaw
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a bad mistake
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hubris
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exaggerated pride or self-confidence
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