antigone sentences
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12swunderlick on September 24, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 absurdity | when will realized the .... of bringing his own desk to school, he left it at home. |
| adept | He was very ... at selling things so he was promoted to manager in the first month. |
| blatant | the mother's ... wrath was inconcievable when she found out her daughter placed second in the pageant. |
| brandish | the upset mob in front of the mayors office were .... thier riot sticks. |
| bravado | the boy had a lot of ... when he punched a teacher. |
| bridle | he ... himself when he found out a girl started a rumor about him because he knew he could not get in anymore fights this year. |
| carrion | the smell of polynice's ... was so putrifying that someone could smell him 50 feet away. |
| consecrate | the pope ... the host at the altar during mass with the words "i make this bread the body of Christ". |
| contend | the knights ... for the princess's love by performing couargeous acts. |
| defile | the skunk ... the man when he sprayed his putrifying smell on him. |
| glut | when he ... himslef with candy, he had a toothache from too much sugar. |
| grapple | he ... with learning the new vocabulary because he isnt good at memorization |
| havoc | when the school caught on fire the neighborhood was in .... trying to find a place for their kids to go to school. |
| headlong | when the girl found out the boy started a nasty rumor about her she punched him ... without any regret. |
| inconceivable | the hundreds of presents the kid recieved for Christmas was so ... that everyone in the whole city knew that he was spoiled |
| maw | To keep an animal from biting you, you must grab its ... |
| meritorious | his ... acts of getting the cat out of the tree got him a medal of honor |
| noose | we could not catch the cattle because the ... of the rope would not tighten |
| nuisance | The howling coyote was only a ... at night when i could not get sleep. |
| oblivion--- oblivious | when timmy left our school last year it seemed as though he was ... because no one has seen him or talked to him |
| obscenity--- obscene | because the show was too ... for the young girls, the mother had make the girls leave |
| piety | the piety of the children was reinforced in their school, where children were taught to revere God |
| repudiate | when the parents found out their daughter was pregnant, they ... her so she had to live on her own. |
| rout | the captain put the enemies in ... when he killed half of their force |
| senile | the senior citizien was considered ... when she thought the president of the United States was Bill Clinton. |
| sentry | creon put out ... to guard polynice's body so no one could bury it. |
| tumultuous | the classroom was ... when the girl started throwing up blood |
| underling | the ... of the company was sometimes forgotten for his excellent work. |
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