Paradise Lost, Book I Vocab

Perdition

Noun:

(in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death.

Penal

Adjective:

1. Relating to, used for, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system.

2. (of an act or offense) punishable by law

Adamantine

Adjective

Literary: Unbreakable

Baleful

Adjective

1. Threatening harm; menacing.

2. Having a harmful or destructive effect.

Obdurate

Adjective

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

Doleful

Adjective

1. Expressing sorrow; mournful.

2. Causing grief or misfortune.

Deluge

Noun 

1. Severe flood

Verb

1. To overwhelm someone with a great amount of something

Weltering

Verb

1. Move in a tempestuous fashion.

2. Lie steeped in blood with no help or care.

Contentions

Noun

1. Heated disagreement

2. An assertion, especially one maintained in argument.

Ignominy

Noun

1. Public shame or disgrace

Vaunting

Adjective 

1. Of a boastful nature 

Compeer

Noun

1. Formal: A person of equal rank, status, or ability.

2. Archaic: A companion or associate.

Thrall

Noun

1. Literary: The state of being in someone's power or having great power over someone.

2. Historical: Slave, Servant, or Captive

Precipice

Noun

1. A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.

Forlorn

Adjective

1. Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.

2. (of an aim or endeavor) unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled; hopeless.