Antigone Vocabulary

Question 1

Anarchist

Answer 1

A person who advocates/promotes against the government

Question 2

Antistrophe

Answer 2

The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode of one division of it

Question 3

Aphorism

Answer 3

A pithy observation that contains a general truth (“ain’t broken, don’t fix it”)

Question 4

Auspicious

Answer 4

conducive to success; favorable

Question 5

Carrion

Answer 5

Decaying of flesh of dead animals

Question 6

Chorus

Answer 6

(in ancient Greek tragedy) a group of performers who comment on action, typically speaking and moving together

Question 7

Comprehensive

Answer 7

Complete; Including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something

Question 8

Contempt

Answer 8

The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

Question 9

Demoralize

Answer 9

Causes someone to lose confidence or hope; dispirit

Question 10

Doddering

Answer 10

Moving in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age

Question 11

Eddy

Answer 11

A circular movement of water, counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool

Question 12

Famished

Answer 12

Extremely hungry

Question 13

Inexhaustible

Answer 13

(Of an amount or supply of something) unable to bee used up because existing in abundance

Question 14

Intolerable

Answer 14

Unable to be endured

Question 15

Malicious

Answer 15

Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm

Question 16

Ode

Answer 16

Lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and writing in varied or irregular meter

Question 17

Piety

Answer 17

The quality of being religious

Question 18

Reverence

Answer 18

Deep respect for someone or something

Question 19

Strophe

Answer 19

The first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it

Question 20

Subordinate

Answer 20

Treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else