Antigone Vocab

1. Promulgation 191

1. the act of making a law or decree known, or formally putting it into effect, by public declaration

2. Unsepulchered 192

2. not buried or entombed

3. Interdict 193

3. an authoritative prohibition.

4. Caparisoned 196

4. (of a horse) be decked out in rich decorative coverings.

5. Fulminant 196

5. (of a disease or symptom) severe and sudden in onset.

6. Vicissitude 198

6. a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

7. Recompense 198

7. make amends to (someone) for loss or harm suffered; compensate.

8. Mattock 202

8. an agricultural tool shaped like a pickax, with an adze and a chisel edge as the ends of the head.

9. Suborn 203

9. bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.

10. Doddering 203

moving in a feeble or unsteady way,  especially because of old age.

11. Bairn 209

11. a child

12. Foment 223

12. instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).

13. Reprobate 224

13. an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately).

14. Loggerhead 224

a foolish person

15. Trollop 224

a woman who has many casual sexual encounters  or relationships

16. Augury:

16. a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen

17. Portent

17. a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.

18. Obsequies

18. funeral rites

19. Filicidal 250

19. relating to filicide (the killing of one's son or daughter.

20. Dirge 250

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

21. Piety 252

21. the quality of being religious or reverent.