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Antigone Vocabulary

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

piety

a)

the quality of being religious or reverent

b)

rude and disrespectful behavior

c)

a disease or ailment

d)

not honorable in character or purpose

2.

edifying

a)

providing moral or intellectual instruction

b)

unimportant or trivial

c)

to bitterly regret

d)

to go beyond the range or limits of something

3.

bequeath

a)

to pass something on or leave something to someone

b)

to use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something

c)

unimportant or trivial

d)

the quality of being religious or reverent

4.

ignoble

a)

not honorable in character or purpose

b)

free or safe from injury or violation

c)

a disease or ailment

d)

to subdue or silence someone or a feeling

5.

malady

a)

a disease or ailment

b)

rude and disrespectful behavior

c)

make someone annoyed, frustrated, or worried

d)

to pass something on or leave something to someone

6.

rue

a)

to bitterly regret

b)

to suppress a thought, feeling, or desire in oneself

c)

to subdue or silence someone or a feeling

d)

make someone annoyed, frustrated, or worried

7.

quell

a)

to subdue or silence someone or a feeling

b)

to fail to give a true notion or impression of something; disguise

c)

make someone annoyed, frustrated, or worried

d)

not honorable in character or purpose

8.

inviolate

a)

free or safe from injury or violation

b)

unimportant or trivial

c)

strong and turbulent or conflicting emotions

d)

to pass something on or leave something to someone

9.

vex

a)

make someone annoyed, frustrated, or worried

b)

to use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something

c)

to pass something on or leave something to someone

d)

the quality of being religious or reverent

10.

belie

a)

to fail to give a true notion or impression of something; disguise

b)

to subdue or silence someone or a feeling

c)

make someone annoyed, frustrated, or worried

d)

to go beyond the range or limits of something

11.

transcend

a)

to go beyond the range or limits of something

b)

the quality of being religious or reverent

c)

rude and disrespectful behavior

d)

to bitterly regret

12.

tempestuous

a)

strong and turbulent or conflicting emotions

b)

to go beyond the range or limits of something

c)

to subdue or silence someone or a feeling

d)

to suppress a thought, feeling, or desire in oneself

13.

trifling

a)

unimportant or trivial

b)

strong and turbulent or conflicting emotions

c)

to use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something

d)

providing moral or intellectual instruction

14.

insolence

a)

rude and disrespectful behavior

b)

unimportant or trivial

c)

to use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something

d)

to desecrate or profane something sacred

15.

wheedle

a)

to use flattery or coaxing in order to persuade someone to do something

b)

not honorable in character or purpose

c)

free or safe from injury or violation

d)

to fail to give a true notion or impression of something; disguise

16.

defile

a)

to desecrate or profane something sacred

b)

to subdue or silence someone or a feeling

c)

not honorable in character or purpose

d)

to go beyond the range or limits of something

17.

repress

a)

to suppress a thought, feeling, or desire in oneself

b)

unimportant or trivial

c)

to pass something on or leave something to someone

d)

providing moral or intellectual instruction