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Antigone
Antigone Vocab
Word | Definition |
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Carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
marshalled | arranged in proper order |
yawning | being or standing wide open |
sate | to satisfy |
auspicious | promising success |
comprehensive | of large scope |
graven | deeply impressed |
sultry | oppressively hot |
deference | respectful submission to the will of another |
subordinate | to place in a lower order or rank |
slacken | to become looser |
perverse | willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired |
sheet | a sail as on a ship or boat |
somberly | gloomily, depressingly |
absolve | to free from guilt |
vigil | wakefulness maintained for any reason during normal sleeping hours |
dirge | a funeral song or tune |
transgress | to violate a law |
profane | to misuse |
revel | to take great pleasure or delight |
untrammeled | not limited or restricted |
paean | hymn in praise of a god in whose honor the greeks performed their plays |
jangling | producing a harsh, discordant sound |
welter | a confused mass, a jumble or muddle |
doddering | shaking or trembling, as from old age |
defile | to make unclean |
barrow | a large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site |