Antigone Vocab

Question 0

Promulgate

Answer 0

To make known by open declaration; to proclaim formally

Question 1

Ignominious

Answer 1

Discreditable, humiliating

Question 2

Interdict

Answer 2

A prohibitory act or decree of a court or administrative office

Question 3

Flout

Answer 3

To treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt

Question 4

Resplendent

Answer 4

Shining brilliantly , gleaming, splendid

Question 5

Vicissitudes

Answer 5

A change or variation occurring in the course of something

Question 6

Edict

Answer 6

A decree issued by a sovereign or other authority

Question 7

Injunction

Answer 7

A judicial process or order requiring the person to whom it is directed to do a particular act or refrain from doing a particular act

Question 8

Labyrinthine

Answer 8

Complicated, torturous

Question 9

Nullify

Answer 9

To render or declare legally void or inoperative

Question 10

Complicity

Answer 10

The state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing

Question 11

Providence

Answer 11

The foreseeing care of god or nature over the creatures of the earth

Question 12

Sedition

Answer 12

Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government

Question 13

Insolent

Answer 13

Boldly rude or disrespectful

Question 14

Ephemeral

Answer 14

Lasting a very short time; short-lived

Question 15

Dirge

Answer 15

A funeral song that expresses mourning

Question 16

Mete

Answer 16

To distribute or apportion by measure; to allot

Question 17

Capricious

Answer 17

Erratic; changeable

Question 18

Venerable

Answer 18

Worthy of reverence

Question 19

Supplicate

Answer 19

To pray humbly; to make a humble plea