Dante's inferno vocab

Arduous

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Wrack

cause extreme physical or mental pain to; subject to extreme stress.

Sumptuous

splendid and expensive-looking.

Engender

cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)

Firmament

the heavens or the sky, especially when regarded as a tangible thing.

Exhort

strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

Abjure

solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim).

Portend

be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen.

Ransack

go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage.

Ruminate

think deeply about something.

Requisite

made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations.

Rudimentary

involving or limited to basic principles.

Malady

a disease or ailment.

Ambiguity

the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

Solace

comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

Tremulous

shaking or quivering slightly.

Tumult

a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.

Primordial

existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval.

Putrefy

(of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell.

Lamentation

the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping.