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Oedipus Vocabulary Flashcards

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Elegiac

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Having a mournful quality

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Scion

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A descendant of a notable family or a long lineage

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Suppliant

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A person making a humble plea to someone in power or authority

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Effulgent

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Shiny brightly, radiant

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Brigand

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A member of a gang that ambushes or robs people in forests/mountains

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Tremulous

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Shaking or quivering slightly

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Didactic

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Intended to teach

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Suborn

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Bribe or otherwise induce someone to commit an unlawful act such as perjury

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Perdition

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A state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death

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Incarnadine

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A bright crimson or pinkish-red color

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Augury

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An omen or a sign of what will happen in the future

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Calumny

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The making of false and defamatory statements in order to damage someone else’s reputation; slander

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Gall

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Bold, impudent behavior

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Circumspect

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Wary and unwilling to take risks

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Parry

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Ward off with a weapon or attack

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Compunction

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a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows doing something bad

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Insensate

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Lacking physical sensation, sympathy or compassion

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Abdicate

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Renounce one’s throne

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Recompense

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Make amends to someone for loss or harm

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Progeny

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A descendant or descendants

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Ahbor

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To regard with disgust or hatred

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Paltry

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A small or meager amount; petty; trivial

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Fealty

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A feudal tenant’s sworn loyalty to a lord

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Sapient

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Wise

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic

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Adamantine

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Unbreakable

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Fructify

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To make something fruitful or productive

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Reverence

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Deep respect for someone or something

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Putrescence

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Decaying, rotting

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Clemency

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Mercy, lenience

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Bereft

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Deprived or lacking of something

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