2011 English 2: Lesson 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sepulcher | a tomb, grave, or burial place |
| treason | Betrayal of one's country; capital offence; Creyon accused oedipus of treason; assassination is an act of treason. |
| summons | a request to be present; |
| recollection | the process of remembering(especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) ;putting two and two together. |
| wretched | miserable; very unhappy; gets wretched whenever he finds out about his mife |
| renown | fame, glory; the renown that oedipus has earned is going away and he's going to fall |
| harrowed | disturbed, distressed; clinging to hope that he's innocent but he's distressed because he knows the truth. |
| venerate | to respect deeply; The city venerates him and now that they will know he's a murderer, they will hate him. |
| noose | loop formed in a rope; 'suicide' |
| primal | original; dating from the beginning of existence; One of our primal human characteristics is hope. ;physcological characteristic |
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