HWL vocab antigone
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koshghnssyx3 on October 23, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 promulgation | declaration, law made public |
| imputations | accusations, insinuations |
| abjure | renounce, reject |
| panegyrics | eulogistic writings or orations |
| vicissitudes | alternating, changing phases |
| euphemy | a substitute word or expression that is less offensive or harsh |
| augury | art of prediction, telling the future by certain signs |
| complicity | association or participation in a wrongful act |
| anarchy | lawlessness; political disorder due to lack of governmental authority |
| filicidal | That which describes a killer of one's own children |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| ekkuklema | a theatrical machine which could open up the stage to interior scene... frequently a murder or suicide |
| fulminant | suddenly, intensely severe |
| virulence | state of being objectionably harsh or strong |
| capricious | impulsive, unpredictable |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of |
| intemperate | excessive, immordeate |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to lawful authority |
| ubiquitous | widespread, omnipresent |
| misogynist | woman hater |
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