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Antigone Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accord | agreement |
| appease | to pacify |
| augury | an omen or phrophecy |
| baseness | quality of lacking higher values |
| beguile | to decieve, mislead |
| belie | to give a false impression |
| bequeath | to hand down, to give or leave in a will |
| champion | to defend or support |
| chasten | to use punishment to correct behavior |
| daunt | to intimidate |
| defile | to make dirty |
| inviolable | secure from violation |
| lament | to mourn |
| lineage | line of descent or tradition |
| loathe | to strongly dislike |
| malady | a disease or unwholesome condition |
| marred | something damaged or defaced |
| muse | to ponder, think |
| opporbrium | disgrace as a result of wrond doing |
| perishable | likely to decay, spoil |
| piety | devotion to God |
| plumage | feathers of a bird |
| portal | a doorway |
| portent | a sign, forewarning |
| quell | to quiet a disturbance |
| vexation | discomfort |
| warranted | justified, "fit" |
| wheedle | to try to convince by flattery |
| woe | great sorrow |