Antigone Vocabulary Terms Pt.1

Question 1

Lamentation

Answer 1

N.

Expressions of grief

Question 2

Sated

Answer 2

V.

Filled; satisfied

Question 3

Famished

Answer 3

Adj.

very hungry

Question 4

Swagger

Answer 4

N.

Bold, arrogant strut

Question 5

Summon

Answer 5

V.

To order someone to come to a particular place

Question 6

Auspicious

Answer 6

Adj.

promising success, favorable

Question 7

Contempt

Answer 7

N.

An attitude of regarding someone or something as worthless or inferior

Question 8

Sentry

Answer 8

N.

A soldier standing guard at a point or passage

Question 9

Comprehensive

Answer 9

Adj.

including all relevant details

Question 10

Senile

Answer 10

Adj. 
mentally impaired (often used to describe mental deterioration that may accompany old age)

Question 11

Sententiously

Answer 11

Adv.

a trite or moralizing way

Question 12

Anarchist

Answer 12

N.

A person favoring overthrow of the government

Question 13

Lithe

Answer 13

Adj.

flexible and graceful

Question 14

Hearth

Answer 14

N.

The area surrounding a fireplace (once considered the front of the house)

Question 15

Edict

Answer 15

N.

An official public order made by someone in position of power

Question 16

Insolence

Answer 16

N.

Bold disrespect

Question 17

Waver

Answer 17

V.

To show doubt or uncertainty about what to do

Question 18

Transcends

Answer 18

V.

Goes beyond the limits of something

Question 19

Compulsive

Answer 19

Adj.

a behavior that is very hard to stop or control

Question 20

Repulse

Answer 20

N.

Driving back; repelling