Antigone Vocab

Auspicious

Conductive to success; favorable

Transgress

Infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior

Dirge

A lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite

Sated

To satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full

Defile

Sully, mar, or spoil

Edict

An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

Lamentation

The passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping

Compulsive

Resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge, especially one that is against one's conscious wishes

Lithe

Thin, supple, and graveful

Bray

The loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule

Famished

Extremely hungry

Comprehensive

Complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something

Intolerable

Unable to be endured

Senile

[of a person] having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties

Piety

The quality of being religious or reverent

Sententiously

Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner

Inexhaustible

(of an amount or supply of something) unable to be use up because existing in abundance

Proclamation

A public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance

Brazen

Bold and without shame

Deference

Humble submission and respect

Subordinate

Lower in rank or position

Indecent

Not conforming with generally accepted standards of behavior or propriety; obscene

Untrammeled

Not deprived of freedom or action of expression; not restricted or hampered

Augury

A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen

Glut

Supply or fill to excess