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Vocab Antigone

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to smite   slice, cut, slash, chop  
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Noose   a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.  
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Wretches   A person regarded as base, mean, or despicable  
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to contend   compete, vie, challenge  
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to clang   clank, sound, reverberate  
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Onslaught   An overwhelming outpouring  
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to marshal   assemble, line up, organize  
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oblivion   forgetfulness, nothingness, stupor  
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fratricidal   the killing of a brother  
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erstwhile   previous, last, former  
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to mangle   crush, mash, contort, twist  
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to prevail   triumph, succeed, overcome  
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to revere   admire, respect, be in awe of, worship  
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to deviate   diverge, move away, stray, depart  
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to babble   jabber, talk nonsense  
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culprit   offender, criminal, guilty party  
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to quibble   equivocate, nitpick  
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to devise   plan, work out, create  
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to reproach   criticize, censure, admonish, reprimand  
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to perplex   bewilder, confuse, confound, baffle a. Libations  
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insolence   impudence, disrespect, rudeness  
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impunity   exemption from punishment  
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to nurture   care for, rear, foster  
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to blight   stain, scar, pollute Viper  
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to transgress   misbehave, disobey, sin  
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Concubine   a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not legally married, esp. one regarded as socially or sexually subservient; mistress.  
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Anarchists   An advocate of or a participant in anarchism. ( rebel against the government)  
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to revile   insult, abuse, scorn, condemn  
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to be devoid of   lacking, without, empty, free of  
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to ward off   protect/defend against, defray, fight off  
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coadjutor   co-worker, assistant  
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promontory   outcrop, cape, peninsula  
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impiety   sin, irreverence, wickedness pious  
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primeval   primordial, prehistoric, ancient  
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aphorism   saying, maxim, adage  
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to reproach   reprimand, accuse, rebuke  
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Static   showing little or no change  
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to bode   augur, portent, promise  
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suppliant   one who pleads, beseeches, begs, or petitions  
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hilt   the handle of a sword or dagger.  
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to exonerate   clear, absolve, acquit  
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