Paradise Lost Vocab List 3

These are periodic sentences!!

Inexorable

(adj.) Impossible to alter; inevitable

Ignominy

(n.) Great personal dishonor

Stygian

(adj.) Infernal; gloomy and dark

Involiate

(adj.) Free from violation; intact

Concupiscence

(n.) A strong desire

Invidious

(adj.) Likely to arouse

Propitious

(adj.) Presenting favourable outcomes

Insuperable

(adj.) Impossible to overcome

Perfidious

(adj.) relating to the act of treachery

Hermenutic

(adj.) Concerning interpretation

What is a periodic Sentence?

A complex sentence where the dependent clause is first and the main clause is at the end.

Ex sent w/Perfidious

Because she had bit the apple, Eve had committed a perfidious act against God.