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Antigone Vocabulary
English II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Waver | Show doubt or uncertainty about what to do |
| Repulse | Driving back; repelling |
| Sated | Filled; satisfied |
| Swagger | Bold, arrogant strut |
| Comprehensive | Including all the relevant details |
| Senile | Mentally impaired |
| Sententiously | A trite or moralizing way |
| Lithe | Flexible and graceful |
| Insolence | Bold disrespect |
| Transcends | Goes beyond the limits of |
| Deference | Courteous respect |
| Malicious | Mean-spirited or mean-spirited people |
| Somberly | Earnestly and solemnly; in a gloom manner |
| Piety | Loyal, dutiful devotion |
| Vigil | Purposeful watching and staying awake |
| Transgress | Disobey |
| Wrath | Intense anger |
| Calamity | Great misfortune resulting in immense loss and sorrow; disaster |
| Recoils | Draws back, as in fear and disgust |
| Defile | Make dirty |