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Oedipus Rex NMS 1
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English
10th Grade
11/29/2010

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Liquidate
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to settle or pay off (a debt, claim)
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Innumerable
Definition
so many as to be uncountable; extremely numerous
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Plaintive
Definition
expressing melancholy; mournful
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Beseeching
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to ask (someone) earnestly (to do something or for something); beg
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Invalid
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a person suffering from disablement or chronic ill health
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Supplication
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the act of supplicating
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Compunction
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a feeling of remorse, guilt, or regret
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Expedient
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suitable to the circumstances; appropriate
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Decrepit
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enfeebled by old age; infirm
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Disdain
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a feeling or show of superiority and dislike; contempt; scorn
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Venerate
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to hold in deep respect; revere
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Primal
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first or original
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Tragic hero
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a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy
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Fatal Flaw
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Hubris
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pride or arrogance
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