Antigone Vocab Flashcards
Crest
a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.
the top of something, especially a mountain or hill.
Prologue and parados
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Sate
satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full:
supply (someone) with as much as or more of something than is desired or can be managed.
Auspicious
conducive to success; favorable:
Contempt
the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn:
he showed his contempt for his job by doing it very badly. Act of despising
Impassive
not feeling or showing emotion
Anarchist
a person who believes in or tries to bring about anarchy- a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority
Sententiously
given to moralizing in a arrogant or affected manner, slogan-like
Lithe
(especially of a person’s body) thin, supple, and graceful.
Sultry
(of the air or weather) hot and humid.
attractive in a way that suggests a passionate nature.
Insolence
Disrespect
Brazen
Made of brass
To face with defiance
Transcend
to rise above or go beyond the limits of
to triumph over the negative or restrictive aspects of : overcome
to be prior to, beyond, and above (the universe or material existence)
Deference
:respect and esteem due a superior or an elder; also : affected or ingratiating regard for another’s wishes, honor
Perverse
turned away from what is right or good : corrupt
improper, incorrect.contrary to the evidence or the direction of the judge on a point of law
obstinate in opposing what is right, reasonable, or accepted : wrongheaded
