Antigone Vocabulary Flashcards
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carrion
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decaying flesh
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eddy
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a current of whirlpool
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sated
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to fill; satisfy
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meddle
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to intervene
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marshalled
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organize guide, escort
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yawning
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being wide open
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garland
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a strand of material usually hung
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swagger
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manner, walk; display of arrogance
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arc
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curve
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bray
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harsh sound that is loud
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auspicious
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encouraging, favorable
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scavenging
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to take from useless material
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senile
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lacking physical and mental capabilities due to old age
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pious
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dedicated; religious
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lithe
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flexible, slender
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sultry
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hot and humid
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deflect
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bounce off; turn aside
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hearth
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floor of a fireplace
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comprehensive
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of large content
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graven
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engraved; carved
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operative
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active, functioning
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endured
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bear hardship
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vengeance
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act of taking revenge
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transcends
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to go beyond; surpass
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stealthily
sneaky; with great caution
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insolence
disrespect; rude
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drowse
to be sleepy or half-asleep
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waver
toshift back and forth
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lull
to soothe, quiet, calm
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utterly
completely
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deference
humble submission and respect
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perverse
troublesome
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somberly
gloomy
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seduce
to tempt
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sheet
covering, coating
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slacken
to make or become looser or slower
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subordinate
to put in a lower rank
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malicious
motivated by wrongful purposes
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absolve
free from responsibility
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piety
deotion to God and religion
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awe
amazement
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blasphemy
profane talk of God
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vault
a room having an arched roof to the floor level
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transgress
to break a law; go beyond
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profaned
treated with a lack of respect
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revels
celebrations, merrymaking
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wrath
extreme anger
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untrammeled
not deprived of freedom
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vigil
a watch maintained at night
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dirges
sad song involving memorial of the dead
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jangling
harsh sound
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defile
to make dirty or foul
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welter
rolling motion as of the sea
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glut
to feed or supply beyond capacity
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gorged
eat, gulp, swallow
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doddering
shaky as from old age
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omen
a sign of something to come
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recoils
shrink away
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barrow
mound, pile, dune
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entrails
internal organs
