Vocabulary from Oedipus Text

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Suppliant

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n.-one praying humbly for something

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Venerable

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adj.-impressive by reason of age; profoundly honored or respected

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Obdurate

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adj.-showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

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Welter

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verb-toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way

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Blight

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noun-a state or condition being devastated

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Beseech

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v.-to ask for or request earnestly; implore

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Sluggard

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n.-an idle slothful person

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Extirpate

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v-to destroy completely, as if down to the roots

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Expiation

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n-the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing

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Suborn

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v-incite to commit a crime or an evil deed