Antigone Vocabulary Flashcards by oli ____ | Brainscape

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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

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sneaky; with great caution

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insolence

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disrespect; rude

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drowse

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to be sleepy or half-asleep

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waver

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toshift back and forth

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lull

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to soothe, quiet, calm

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utterly

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completely

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deference

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humble submission and respect

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perverse

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troublesome

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somberly

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gloomy

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seduce

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to tempt

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sheet

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covering, coating

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slacken

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to make or become looser or slower

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subordinate

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to put in a lower rank

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malicious

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motivated by wrongful purposes

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absolve

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free from responsibility

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piety

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deotion to God and religion

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awe

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amazement

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blasphemy

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profane talk of God

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vault

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a room having an arched roof to the floor level

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transgress

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to break a law; go beyond

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profaned

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treated with a lack of respect

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revels

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celebrations, merrymaking

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wrath

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extreme anger

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untrammeled

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not deprived of freedom

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vigil

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a watch maintained at night

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dirges

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sad song involving memorial of the dead

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jangling

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harsh sound

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defile

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to make dirty or foul

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welter

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rolling motion as of the sea

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glut

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to feed or supply beyond capacity

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gorged

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eat, gulp, swallow

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doddering

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shaky as from old age

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omen

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a sign of something to come

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recoils

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shrink away

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barrow

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mound, pile, dune

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entrails

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internal organs