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Oedipus Rex
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English
10th Grade
11/29/2010

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Liquidate
Definition
To settle or pay.
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Innumrable
Definition
incapable of being counted for.
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Plaintive
Definition
Expressing sorrow or melancholy;
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Beseeching
Definition
To implore urgently;
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Invalid
Definition
An infirm or sickly person
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Supplication
Definition
Humble request.
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Compunction
Definition
A feeling remorse or guilt.
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Expedient
Definition
Something that is useful or helpful
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Decrepit
Definition
Enfeebled by old age;
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Disdain
Definition
Scorn.
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Venerate
Definition
revere.
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Primal
Definition
Original.
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Tragic Hero
Definition
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
Definition
An error in a literary character's personalty.or in other words A cause that leads to death.
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Hubris
Definition
Exessive pride or self-confidence;
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