Antigone Vocab Flashcards

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Appease

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To pacify, be conciliatory in a manner that sacrifices principles

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Accord

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Agreement, state of harmony

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Augury

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An omen or prophecy

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Baseness

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The quality of lacking higher values

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Beguile

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To deceive, mislead, to persuade with charm

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Belie

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To contradict, to give a false impression

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Bequeath

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To hand down, to give or leave in a will

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Champion

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To defend or to support

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Chasten

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To discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior

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Daunt

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To intimidate, to dismay

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Defile

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To make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute

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Grievous

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Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave

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Ignoble

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Of lowly origin, without honor

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Impel

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To urge or drive forward (usually with moral pressure)

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Ingenuity

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Cleverness, inventiveness, resourcefulness

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Insolence

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Insulting or contemptuous behavior

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Lament

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To mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner

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Marred

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Something damaged or defaced

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Muse

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To ponder

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Piety

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Devotion and reverence to God

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Portent

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A sign or forewarning

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Rend

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To tear violently, to split

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Repress

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To restrain, hold back

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Requite

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To make repayment or return

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Rue

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To be sorry for, to regret

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Temperate

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Exercising self-control

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Transcended

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Surpassed, exceeded

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Unwitting

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Not intentional, without knowledge