Antigone Oedipus’ 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