Canto XXII Flashcards

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bellowed (v.)

A

shouted loudly; roared

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birthright (n.)

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inheritance; family property or heritage

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bursar (n.)

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a person who manages financial affairs

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buzzard (n.)

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a large, hawk-like bird of prey with broad wings

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dismal (adj.)

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gloomy

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docket (n.)

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a calendar of cases or people with cases for trial

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domestic (n.)

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a household servant

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foragers (n.)

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scavengers or hunters

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fosse (n.)

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a long, narrow trench or excavation

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hauled (v.)

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pulled or dragged with much effort

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muster (n.)

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gathering or assembly

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squanderer (n.)

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a person who spends extravagantly; a gambler

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tourney (n.)

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tournament or competition

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whence (adv.)

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from where or from which place

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wraith (n.)

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ghost, spirit, or shade

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16
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Circle 8 (Fraud)

A

The Fraudulent and Malicious

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10 concentric ditches

A

Malebolge

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Monster

A

Geryon

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 1

A

The Panderers and Seducers

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 1: punishment

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driven at an endless fast-walk by horned demons with lashes

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 2

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The Flatterers

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 2: punishment

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sunk in excrement or human waste

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 3

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The Simoniacs

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 3: punishment

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placed upside down in baptismal fonts while being baptised with fire

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 4

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The Fortune Tellers and Diviners

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 4: punishment

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living with distorted bodies; walk backwards foreverq

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 5

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The Grafters

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Circle 8 (Fraud) Bolgia 5: punishment

A

sunk in boiling pitch while guarded by demons with claws

29
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The 10 Fiends or Demons

A

Malacoda, Curlybeard, Dragontooth, Grafter, Grizzly, Crazyred, Pigtusk, Cramper, Deaddog, Grizzly

30
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Friar in Bolgia 5

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Gomita of Gallura