Paradise Lost Vocab List 1

These ones are Compound-Complex Sentences!!!!

Expatiate

(v.) To write or speak for a long period of time

Pygmean

Very small [derogatory term]

Conclave

(n.) A confidential meeting

Barbaric

(adj.) Marked by a lack of sophistication

Insatiate

(adj.) never satisfied

Empyreal

(adj.) Celestial; sublime

Apostate

(n.) A person who has abandoned a principle, religious, or political belief

Compeer

(n.) a person of equal rank

Cherub

(n.) A winged angelic being

Perdition

(n.) Eternal Damnation

A compound-complex sentence

A sentence that has two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Ex Sentence: for Conclave

After being kicked out of heaven, Satan held a conclave, for he was upset about God’s decision.