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Antigone
Antigone Vocab
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| marshalled | arranged in proper order |
| yawning | being or standing wide open |
| sate | to satisfy |
| auspicious | promising success |
| comprehensive | of large scope |
| graven | deeply impressed |
| sultry | oppressively hot |
| deference | respectful submission to the will of another |
| subordinate | to place in a lower order or rank |
| slacken | to become looser |
| perverse | willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired |
| sheet | a sail as on a ship or boat |
| somberly | gloomily, depressingly |
| absolve | to free from guilt |
| vigil | wakefulness maintained for any reason during normal sleeping hours |
| dirge | a funeral song or tune |
| transgress | to violate a law |
| profane | to misuse |
| revel | to take great pleasure or delight |
| untrammeled | not limited or restricted |
| paean | hymn in praise of a god in whose honor the greeks performed their plays |
| jangling | producing a harsh, discordant sound |
| welter | a confused mass, a jumble or muddle |
| doddering | shaking or trembling, as from old age |
| defile | to make unclean |
| barrow | a large mound of earth or stones placed over a burial site |