Dante's Vocabulary

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opportunist

taking advantage of any circumstance of possible benefit

depravity

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

tempest

a violent commotion or disturbance

goad

stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

forsake

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

malice

the desire to see others suffer

putrrid

in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor

omnipotent

having unlimited power

lamentation

the passionate activity of expressing grief

callow

young and inexperienced

pandemonium

a state of extreme confusion and disorder

undiminished

not lessened

malevolent

wishing or appearing to wish evil to others

inadvertent

happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

harbinger

• something indicating the approach of something or someone

deft

skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

arduous

accomplish

avarice

extreme greed for material wealth

grotesque

distorted and unnatural in shape or size

debauchery

a wild gathering

piteous

deserving or inciting a feeling of sympathy and sorrow

perilous

fraught with danger

dexterous

• skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

nimble

moving quickly and lightly

contrapasso

The punishment of the souls where the punishment is either the opposite of the sin or it resembles the sin closely.

allegory

A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning hidden behind its literal or visible meaning.

epic

A long narrative poem, told in an elevated style, celebrating the great deeds of one or more legendary heroes. They usually begin in medias res or in the middle of things.

tercet

A unit of three verse lines, usually rhyming either with each other or with neighboring lines.

 terza rima

Created by Dante, a verse form consisting of a  sequence of interlinked tercets rhyming aba bcb cdc ded, etc. Thus the second line of each tercet provides the rhyme for the first and third lines of the next; the sequence closes with one line rhyming with the middle line of the last line.

incontinence

Lack of self-restraint regarding desires

artificer

A skilled craftsman or inventor