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INFERNO REVIEW FROM HELL
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English
10th Grade
11/13/2007

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Prudent
Definition
adjective
 wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
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Turbid
Definition
adjective
 not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured: the turbid waters near the waterfall.
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Abject
Definition
adjective
 utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched: abject poverty.
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Bereft
Definition
verb 
 to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
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Insolence
Definition
noun
1.contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
2.the quality or condition of being insolent.
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supine
Definition
adjective
1.lying on the back, face or front upward.
2.inactive, passive, or inert, esp. from indolence or indifference.
3.(of the hand) having the palm upward.
Term
fissure
Definition
noun
 a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
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vehemence
Definition
noun
1.the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.
2.vigorous impetuosity; fury: the vehemence of his attack.
Term
maledictions
Definition
n.  
    1. The calling down of a curse.
    2. A curse.
  1. Slander.
Term
forage
Definition
noun
1.food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
2.the seeking or obtaining of such food.
3.the act of searching for provisions of any kind.
4.a raid.
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