Antigone Prologue to Scene 2 Vocabulary

What is the term for those who disrespect laws or rules?

• Reverence

• Anarchists

• Triumph

• Edict

What does 'arrogance' refer to?

• Deep respect

• Satisfied or pleased

• The quality of being arrogant; thinking too highly of yourself

• Oppressively hot or moist

Which word means 'conducive to success; favorable'?

• Auspicious

• Insolence

• Contempt

• Sultry

What is the feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration?

• Decree

• Contempt

• Proclamation

• Helm

What is an official order issued by a legal authority called?

• Edict

• Reverence

• Decree

• Sententiously

What is a public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance?

• Proclamation

• Arrogance

• Sated

• Transcends

What does 'reverence' mean?

• Deep respect for someone or something

• Rude and disrespectful behavior

• A great victory or achievement

• Goes above and beyond limits

What does 'sated' mean?

• Satisfied or pleased

• Oppressively hot or moist

• Expressing much in few words

• A tiller or wheel for steering a ship

What does 'sententiously' mean?

• Pointed; expressing much in few words

• Goes above and beyond limits

• An official order by a legal authority

• The quality of being arrogant

What does 'sultry' mean?

• Oppressively hot or moist; inflamed

• Conducive to success

• Deep respect for someone

• A great victory or achievement