Antigone Vocabulary
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- decree
- official order
- indiscriminate
- not accounting certain characteristics
- inexhaustible
- unable to fully use
- libations
- pouring of liquids
- impieties
- unrespectful acts
- reprieve
- to postpone
- dirge
- funeral song
- reverence
- profound awe
- reviled
- attack verbally
- rhetoric
- using language well
- carrion
- rotting flesh
- impunity
- exempt from punishment
- consecrating
- declare sacred
- eloquence
- persuasive talking
- piety
- religious devotion
- regime
- reign of a ruler
- bier
- coffin stand
- impasse
- deadlock
- rites
- religious ceremonies
- anarchy
- lack of political authority
- prevail
- to win
- gall
- bitter
- adversity
- misfortune
- pomp
- magnificent display
- blatant
- loud and noisy
- incorruptible
- unable to be corrupt
- contemptible
- deserving disrespect
- unscathed
- uninjured
- homage
- special respect
- insatiable
- unable to satisfy
- rout
- to poke around
- edict
- official order
- omnipotent
- all-knowing
- beneficent
- giving rewards
- immutable
- unchangeable