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Dante's Inferno
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English
10th Grade
10/23/2007

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squalid
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adj. foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy
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sate
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verb. to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully
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empyrean
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noun. the highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to contain the pure element of fire
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papal
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adj. of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy
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prudent
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adj. wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober
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innocuous
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not harmful or injurious; harmless
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artificer
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noun. a person who is skillful or clever in devising ways of making things; inventor
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lamentations
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noun. the act of lamenting or expressing grief
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turbid
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adj. not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured
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abject
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adj. utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched
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