DEFINITIONS

CANTO III
THE VESTIBULE OF HELL
BY: DANTE

NAME: JAYMHON R. JORIZA

YEAR&SECTION: 10-MATATAG

REYNALDO DELA CRUZ

 Subject Teacher
 Hornets - : a flying insect that has a powerful
sting
 Loathsome - : causing feelings of hatred or
disgust : very bad
 Pursued - : to follow and try to catch or capture
(someone or something) for usually a long
distance or time
 Elusive -: hard to find or capture : hard to
understand, define, or remember
 Banner - : a large strip of cloth with a design,
picture, or writing on it
 Maggots - : an insect that looks like a small
worm and that is a young form of a fly
 Monstrous - : extremely or unusually large :
very wrong or unfair : very ugly, cruel, or vicious
 Primordial - : existing from the beginning of
time : very ancient
 Cowardice - : fear that makes you unable to do
what is right or expected : lack of courage
 Hoarse - : having a harsh or rough sound or
voice
 Pandemonium - : the capital of Hell in Milton's
Paradise Lost : the infernal regions : hell the
demons of Pandemonium
 Scourged - : someone or something that causes
a great amount of trouble or suffering : a whip
that was used to punish people in the past
 Hideously - : offensive to the senses and
especially to sight : exceedingly ugly hideous
furniture The dress looked hideous on her.
 Lamentation -: an expression of great sorrow or
deep sadness
 Putrid - : decayed with usually a very bad or
disgusting smell
 Goaded - : someone or something that urges or
forces someone to do something
 Mornful - : full of sorrow : very sad
 Reprimand - : a severe or formal reproof
 Depraved - : very evil : having or showing an evil
and immoral character
 Ruined - : the remaining pieces of something
that was destroyed
 Chatter - : to talk in a quick or casual way : to
make clicking sounds by knocking together
rapidly : to make fast and usually high-pitched
sounds
 Tatters - : to make ragged : to become ragged

 Womb - : a cavity or space that resembles a

womb in containing and enveloping : a place
where something is generated
 Shore - : the land bordering a usually large body
of water; specifically : coast
 Autumn - : the season between summer and
winter
 Tatters - : to make ragged : to become ragged
 Courteous - : very polite in a way that shows
respect
 Spurs - : something that makes you want to do
something or that causes something to happen
 Retribution - : punishment for doing something
wrong
 Rebellion - : refusal to obey rules or accept
normal standards of behavior, dress, etc.