Antigone Vocab Flashcards
Accord
Agreement; state of harmony
Appease
To pacify, to be conciliatory in a manner that sacrifices principles
Augury
An omen or prophecy
Baseness
The quality of lacking higher values
Beguile
To deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm
Belie
To contradict, to give a false impression
Bequeath
To hand over, to give or leave in a will
Champion
To defend or to support
Chasten
To discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior
Daunt
To intimidate, to dismay
Defile
To make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute
Grievous
Characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave
Ignoble
Of lowly origin, without honor
Impel
To urge or to drive forward(usually with moral pressure)
Ingenuity
Cleverness, inventiveness, resourcefulness