Unit 3: Novel Study: Oedipus Rex, Parts IV–VI

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  1. seek
    try to locate, discover, or establish the existence of
  2. resolve
    find a solution or answer
  3. baseless
    without a foundation in reason or fact
  4. purchase
    acquire by means of a financial transaction
  5. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  6. wax
    increase in phase
  7. wane
    become smaller
  8. aspect
    a characteristic to be considered
  9. simple
    having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
  10. address
    speak to
  11. frequent
    coming at short intervals or habitually
  12. wanton
    not restrained or controlled
  13. rebuke
    censure severely or angrily
  14. desolate
    crushed by grief
  15. endure
    continue to live through hardship or adversity
  16. conceive
    become pregnant
  17. agony
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  18. sight
    the ability to see; the visual faculty
  19. envious
    painfully desirous of another's advantages
  20. overwhelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Created on Wed Dec 02 16:05:38 EST 2020 (updated Tue Dec 08 14:29:31 EST 2020)

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