Antigone Vocabulary: Key Terms, Definitions, and Parts of Speech

Accord

Give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).

Appease

To pacify.

Baseness

Being dishonorable.

Beguile

To charm someone.

Belies

To disguise or contradict.

Bequeath

To leave or give money or property to someone by will.

Champion

A person who fights or argues for a cause.

Chasten

To discipline someone to make them more humble.

Dauntless

Being fearless.

Defile

To make dirty.

Desolate

Deserted, barren, or empty.

Edify

To instruct or improve someone morally.

Fertile

Rich in resources or imagination.

Giddy

Dizzy or lightheaded.

Gravity

The natural force of attraction by which bodies fall toward the earth.

Guile

Sly intelligence: deceitful cleverness.

Heedful

Paying careful attention.

Ignoble

Being dishonorable in character.

Impel

To drive, force, or urge someone to do something.

Infernal

Relating to hell.

Ingenuity

Being clever and original.

Insolence

Rude or disrespectful behavior.

Inviolable

Never being broken.

Loathing

Intense hatred or disgust.

Malady

A disease or disorder.

Mar

To damage or ruin the perfection of something.

Muse

A source of inspiration, especially from an artist.

Opprobrium

Harsh criticism.

Perishable

Likely to decay or deteriorate.

Piety

A devotion toward god or religion.

Plumage

A bird's feathers collectively.

Portal

A grand or impressive entrance, gate, or doorway.

Portent

A bad omen.

Rend

To tear or split violently.

Repress

To hold back or restrain.

Rue

To bitterly regret or wish undone.

Sovereign

A supreme ruler (monarch).

Summon

To call upon to appear or come forward.

Tarry

To delay or linger.

Temperate

Moderate or self-restrained.

Tempestuous

Stormy or violent (literally and emotionally).

Transcend

To rise above or exceed the limit.

Trifle

Something of little value.

Unwittingly

Without being aware (unintentionally).

Utter

To speak or pronounce loudly.

Warrant

Official approval.

Wheedle

To persuade or influence with soft words.

Woe

Great sorrow or distress.