| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Inferno | A place of fiery heat or destruction; hell |
| Canto | A "chapter" in an epic poem |
| Epic | A long, narrative story about the journey of a hero. The hero often must "save" a people. |
| Allegory | A story that is read on both a literal and a symbolic level. |
| Sloth | Laziness |
| Wrath | Anger |
| Gluttony | Excess (usually eating or drinking but may be anything) |
| Pride | A high opinion of one's own, importance or superiority |
| Lust | A passionate desire or craving (often sexual) |
| Avarice | Greed |
| Malice | Spite |
| Fraud | A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain. |
| Incontinence | Inability to control yourself |
| Miser | A stingy, cheap person |
| Tremulous | Trembling; fearful |
| Bliss | Supreme happiness |
| Immortal | Not subject to death |
| Salvation | Deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption (i.e. will go to Heaven) |
| Opportunist | A person who makes decisions to benefit him/herself regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles |
| Putrid | Extremely rotten or decayed |
| Woe | Distress |
| Omnipotence | The quality of being all powerful (God-like) |
| Forsaken | Abandoned |
| Primordial | From the very beginning |
| Pandemonium | A very noisy place (literally "all the devils") |
| Lamentation | The expression of grief |
| Swoon | To faint (use in Inferno); to be overwhelmed by joy |
| Retrograde | Moving backwards |
| Goaded | To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick. |
| Carnal | Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites |
| Debauchery | Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures |
| Depravity | Moral corruption or degradation. |
| Blaspheme | To speak disrespectfully of God. |
| Tempest | Storm |
| Pilgrimage | A journey for religious reasons |
| Dalliance | Flirtation |
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