Antigone V1 Flashcards
1
Q
rites
A
religious ceremonial acts
2
Q
gouge
A
dig out
3
Q
mutilating
A
disfiguring by removing
4
Q
absurdity
A
something utterly illogical
5
Q
maw
A
animal’s mouth
6
Q
glut
A
feed excessively
7
Q
bravado
A
swaggering display
8
Q
ecstatic
A
intensely excited
9
Q
ranks
A
soldiers abreast in lines
10
Q
rapture
A
ecstatic joy
11
Q
rout
A
overwhelming defeat
12
Q
carrion
A
rotting flesh
13
Q
obscenity
A
offensive indecency
14
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senile
A
impaired in thinking due to old age
15
Q
meritorious
A
deserving praise
16
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inconceivable
A
unthinkable
17
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regime
A
system of rule
18
Q
instigators
A
ones who provoke
19
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blithe
A
lighthearted
20
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wretched
A
in pitiable circumstances
21
Q
libations
A
pouring of wine
22
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insolence
A
rude behavior or speech
23
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hysterical
A
uncontrollably emotional
24
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perquisites
A
extra privileges/ advantages
25
staunch
firm in principle
26
anarchy
society without govt
27
degenerate
one who has declined
28
ilk
type
29
seer
prophet
30
inscrutable
impossible to understand
