Dante's Inferno: Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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Hard to do requiring much effort
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Arduous
2
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Greedy and hungry
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Ravening
3
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Too great a desire for money and wealth
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Avarice
4
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moving backward repairing
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retrograde
5
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Organ that stores blood and filters blood toxins
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spleen
6
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a large dog with a short thick coat drooping ears
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mastiff
7
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ghost of a person seen before or soon after the person’s death
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wraith
8
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label or ticket giving the contents of a package document
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docket
9
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treasurer especially of a college university
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bursar
10
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very close friend or cum
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crony
11
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gathering little by little
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gleaning
12
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extremely eager or enthusiastic greatly desirous
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avid
13
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skillful in using the hands or body
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dexterously
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