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Oedipus Rex CEWR 4
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10th Grade
11/29/2010

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liquidate
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to settle or pay (a debt)
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innumerable
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incapable of being counted; countless
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plaintive
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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
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beseeching
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to beg eagerly for; solicit
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invalid
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not valid; without force or foundation; indefensible
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supplication
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an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition
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supplication
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an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition
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compunction
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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse
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expedient
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tending to promote some proposed or desired object
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decrepit
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weakened by old age; feeble; infirm
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disdain
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to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn
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venerate
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to regard or treat with reverence; revere
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primal
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first; original; primeval
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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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hubris
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excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
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fatal flaw
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