Antigone Characters And Vocab Flashcards by George K | Brainscape

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Perpetuator

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A person who commits an illegal act.

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Weal

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Well being

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Prerogative

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A privilege exclusive to one individual.

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Ignominy

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Disgrace;Dishonor;Public Contempt

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Flagrant

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Glaringly offensive.

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Infallible

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Free from error

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Whet

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To sharpen

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Transgress

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To break a law or command

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Expiation

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Make amends for a wrong or sin.

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Gall

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Anything bitter or harsh

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Hapless

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Unlucky

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Commodity

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Anything bought and sold

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Mattok

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A tool similar to a pickaxe

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Abominable

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Arousing disgust

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Eurydice

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Wife of Creon and Queen of Thebes

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Creon

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Brother of Jacosta and king of Thebes.

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Antigone

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Daughter of Oedipus and Jacosta

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Polynices

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Brother of Antigone not to be buried

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Eteocles

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Brother of Antigone to be buried.

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Cadmus

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A man of the house of Labdacus that angered Apollo by killing his snake.

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Oedipus

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Son of Laius and Jacosta

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Teiresias

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A blind prophet