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VOCABULARY for Dante's Inferno
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10th Grade
11/04/2009

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Inferno
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A place of fiery heat or destruction; hell
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Canto
Definition
A "chapter" in an epic poem
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Epic
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A long, narrative story about the journey of a hero. The hero often must "save" a people
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Allegory
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A story that is read on both a literal and a symbolic level
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Sloth
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Laziness
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Wrath
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Anger
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Gluttony
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Excess (usually eating or drinking but may be anything)
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Pride
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a high opinion of one's own, importance or superiority
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Lust
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A passionate desire or craving (often sexual)
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Avarice
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Greed
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Malice
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Spite
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Fraud
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A deception deliverately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain
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Incontinence
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Inability to control yourself
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Miser
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A stingy, cheap person
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Tremulous
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Trembling, fearful
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Bliss
Definition
Supreme happiness
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Immortal
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Not subject to death
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Salvation
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Deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption (i.e. will go to Heaven)
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Opportunist
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A person who makes decisions to benefit him/herself regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles
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Putrid
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Extremely rotten or decayed
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Woe
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Distress
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Omnipotence
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The quality of being all powerful (God-like)
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Forsaken
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Abandoned
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Primordial
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From the very beginning
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Pandemonium
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A very noisy place (literally "all the devils")
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Lamentation
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The expression of grief
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Swoon
Definition
To faint (use in Inferno); to be overwhelmed by joy
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Retrograde
Definition
Moving backwards
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Goaded
Definition
To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick
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Carnal
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Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
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Debauchery
Definition
Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures
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Depravity
Definition
Moral corruption or degradation
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Blaspheme
Definition
To speak disrespectfully of God
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Tempest
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Storm
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Pilgrimage
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A journey taken for religious reasons
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Dalliance
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Flirtation
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Incessant
Definition
non-stop
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Wallow
Definition
to roll about or lie in water, snow, mid, dust or the like
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Offal
Definition
garbage
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Fetid
Definition
stinking
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festered
Definition
decayed; rot
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Omniscience
Definition
all knowing
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Encumbered
Definition
to put a heavy load on; burden
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Fruitless
Definition
useless; unproductive
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Sordid
Definition
dirty and foul
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Entombed
Definition
placed in a tomb or grave
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Vanity
Definition
excessive pride in appearance
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Malignant
Definition
inclined to do evil
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Chasm
Definition
deep hole in the earth's surface
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Blithely
Definition
happily
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Insolence
Definition
being rude and disrespectful
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Haughty
Definition
snobbish; stuck-up
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Wretch
Definition
an unhappy person; a despicable person
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Jostle
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to bump, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely
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Vexation
Definition
being irritating
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Desolation
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Dreariness
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Heretic
Definition
A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the Roman Catholic Church.
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Helter-skelter
Definition
Haphazardly
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Acrid
Definition
Bitter
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Sepulcher
Definition
A tomb, grave, or burial place
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Bier
Definition
A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial.
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Cupidity
Definition
Excessive desire for wealth, greed.
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Sublime
Definition
elevated or lofty in thought, language
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Centaur
Definition
A mythical creature that is half man, half horse.
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Harpies
Definition
an evil mythical monster with the head and body of a woman and the tail, wings and talons of a bird.
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Merciful
Definition
Compassionate
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Prostrate
Definition
to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
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Panderer
Definition
A sexual procurer (pimp)
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Spleen
Definition
Organ of the body--word is used to mean "ill tempered"
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Strumpet
Definition
Prostitute
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Portal
Definition
a door, gate, or entrance
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Miscreant
Definition
villain
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Censure
Definition

1. an expression of strong disapproval

2. an official expression of disapproval, as by a legislature of a member

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Infamy
Definition
Extremely bad reputation
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Dexterously
Definition
skillful in use of hands
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