AntigoneOedipus’ crazy daughter

auspicious

We took the rainbow to be an auspicious sign that good weather

was on the way.

Adjective: lucky

defiled

When Steven spilled juice on Tom’s baseball card album, he knew that he was dead meat

because he had defiled his brother’s most prized possession.

Verb: damaged

edict

In his edict, the king declared that all travel within the country was banned

because of the Black Plague.

Noun: order, pronouncement, law, judgment

lithe

It is important for a gymnast to have a lithe body, or difficult maneuvers

would be impossible.

Adjective: nimble, thin, agile, flexible

sated

After eating the entire pizza, we were completely sated.

Adjective: satisfied, gratified, fulfilled

compulsive

I think that Tammy is a compulsive liar. It seems like she can’t tell the

truth..

Adjective: uncontrollable

dirge

Instead of playing a dirge at the woman’s funeral, the choir sang an upbeat song

that reflected her cheerful spirit.

Noun: sad song

lamentation

When the child discovered her dead hamster, her lamentation filled the

neighborhood.

Noun: complaints, cries

perverse

The seventh grader drew a perverse cartoon of his teacher as a walrus.

Adjective: mean, wrongful, wicked

transgression

I had to apologize to my neighbor for the transgression of destroying her

favorite flowerbed.

Noun: violation, misbehavior