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english antigone 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sated | fill; satisfy |
| swagger | bold, arrogant strut |
| calamity | great misfortune resulting in immense loss and sorrow; disaster |
| recoils | draws back, as in fear or disgust |
| defile | make dirty |
| paean | hymn in praise of god |
| irreconcilable | can not be brought into agreement |
| motive | reason to do something; purpose |
| hecate | goddess of sorcery and witchcraft |
| exodus | the final, or exit, scene |
| aphorism | SHORT, WISE, OFTEN CLEVER SAYING |
| augury | skill of foretelling the future from signs |
| epode | final stanza of the ede, following the strophe and the antistrophe |
| blasphemy | action or words showing contempt for god |
| aphrodite | goddess of love and beauty |