Oedipus

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n - one praying humbly for something

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Suppliant

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adj - impressive by reason of age

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Venerable

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adj - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

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Obdurate

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

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Welter

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n - a state or condition being devastated

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Blight

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v - to ask for or request, earnestly

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Beseech

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n - an idle slothful person

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Sluggard

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

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Extirpate

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n - the act of atoning for a sin or wrongdoing

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Expiation

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v - incite to commit a crime or an evil deed

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Suborn

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adj - not injured

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Unscathed

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n - a payment or reward, as for service rendered

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Recompense

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v - abundantly filled with especially living things

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Teeming

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turn pale, as if in fear

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Blanch

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v - ask for or request earnestly

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Adjure

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n - the trait of being uncommunicative

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Taciturnity

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v - treat with contemptuous disregard

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Flout

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n - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

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Stint

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n - a false accusation of an offense

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Calumny

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n - a flamboyant deceiver

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Charlatan

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v - ring or echo with sound

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Reverberate

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n - an irritable feeling

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Petulance

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adj - artfully persuasive in speech

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Glib

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n - freedom from activity; rest

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Repose

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adj - marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

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Stealthy

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Complete and confirmed integrity

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Probity (n)

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Defiantly aggressive

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Truculent (adj)

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To lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

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Mitigate (v)

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Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

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Unrelenting (adj)

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An especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker

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Roisterer (n)

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Be adequate, either in quality or quantity

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Suffice

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Of heaven or the spirit

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Ethereal (adj)

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Eager to surpass others

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Emulous (adj)

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Lacking piety or reverence for a god

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Impious (adj)

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Deeply agitated especially from emotion

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Overwrought (adj) to

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Censure severely or angrily

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Rebuke (v)

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Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear

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Prevaricate

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Cover as if with a burial garment

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Shroud (n)

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A blood-red color

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Sanguine (adj)

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A relief from harm or discomfort

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Respite (n)

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A shackle for the ankles or feet

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Fetter (n)

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Spot stain or pollute

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Defile (v)

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Most unfortunate or miserable

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Abject (adj)

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Showing deep seated resentment

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Rancorous (adj)

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The act of treating with contempt

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Derision (n)

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The guardianship and control exercises by a deity-fate

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Providence (n)

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Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self concious

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Abashed (adj)

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The state of being held in low esteem

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Disrepute (n)

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Poor enough to need help from others

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Destitute (adj)

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Over come by superior force

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Overwhelm (v)