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SAT Vocabulary
The Inferno
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English
10th Grade
10/23/2007

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SQUALID
Definition

-ADJECTIVE


foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy
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SATE

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to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
2.to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.

-VERB
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EMPYREAN
Definition
-NOUN


the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire.
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PAPAL
Definition
-ADJECTIVE


of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church;
of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy
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PRUDENT

Definition
-ADJECTIVE


wise or judicious in practical affairs;
careful in providing for the future
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INNOCUOUS

Definition
-ADJECTIVE


not harmful or injurious; harmless
not likely to irritate or offend
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ARTIFICER

Definition
-NOUN

a person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor
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LAMENTATIONS
Definition
-NOUN


the act of lamenting or expressing grief;
Lamentations, (used with a singular verb[image]) a book of the Bible, traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah
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TURBID
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-ADJECTIVE


not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured; confused; muddled; disturbed
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ABJECT
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-ADJECTIVE


utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched; contemptible; despicable; base-spirited
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