Unit 3: Novel Study: Oedipus Rex, Parts I–III

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  1. declare
    state emphatically and authoritatively
  2. presage
    a sign of something about to happen
  3. issue
    an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
  4. subject
    a person who owes allegiance to a nation
  5. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
  6. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
  7. reflect
    think deeply on a subject
  8. capital punishment
    putting a condemned person to death
  9. depart
    move away from a place into another direction
  10. maintain
    keep in a certain state, position, or activity
  11. seer
    a person with unusual powers of foresight
  12. burden
    weight to be carried or borne
  13. misery
    a feeling of intense unhappiness
  14. challenge
    take exception to
  15. blast
    shatter as if by explosion
  16. forge
    create by hammering
  17. perceive
    become aware of through the senses
  18. pursue
    go in search of or hunt for
  19. sheer
    complete and without restriction
  20. investigate
    conduct an inquiry of
Created on Wed Dec 02 16:05:05 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 10 08:52:07 EST 2020)

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