Oresteia Vocabulary

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Brashheedless of the consequences : audacious
Congressthe act or action of coming together and meeting
Digressto turn aside especially from the main subject
EgressVerb meaning the action of going out or a noun meaning exit
Regressmovement backward to a previous and especially worse or more primitive state
Transgressto violate a command or law: to go beyond a limit
Intrepidcharacterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance
Paucitysmallness of number
RueTo feel remorse
Veracitytruthfulness
InvokeTo call forth
UnequivocalLeaving no doubt
VocalOutspoken, uttered by voice
Vocationa divine call to a particular life OR an occupation
VociderousMarked by insistant outcry
Aberrationbeing atypical especially from a moral standard or normal state
Abjectcast down in spirit
Conciliatoryto make compatible
Irreconcilableimpossible to fit together or coexist
Reconciliationthe action of restoring to friendship or harmony
Defileto make unclean
Duressforcible restraint
Endureto survive without giving in
ObdurateStubborn in wrongdoing
PerdurableVery durable
HeinousHatefully or shockingly evil
Loathreluctant or unwilling
Loatheto hate or detest
MoresFixed customs or beliefs of a group or culture
ObtrusiveForward or undesirably prominent
Unobtrusiveinconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent
SubdueTo vanquish or bring under control