Dan Brown Inferno Chapter 1

supply with battlementsThe massive walls are crenellated and supported by stout square buttresses.

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness

a very steep cliff

a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)

a public square with room for pedestrians

cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

the act of communicating with a deity

a bottomless gulf or pit

a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil

an azure blue semiprecious stone

a broken piece of a brittle artifact

pounding or beating strongly or violently

become ground down or deteriorate

a small lump or protuberance

protective garment worn by surgeons during operations

anemic looking from illness or emotion

moving and bending with ease

a horse's manner of moving

slender and graceful

the breastbone

supply with projecting galleries

the sound made by a pigeon

moving or directed or tending in a backward direction

a leave usually taken every seventh year

separating the notes; in music

a high-ranking university administrator

consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

a band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment

a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact

an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey

shock physically

a body of troops in close array

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood

a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building

any place of pain and turmoil

a cooperative association among institutions or companies

a domain in which something is dominant

run away quickly

intense mournfulness

to move hurriedly

a disorganized and densely packed crowd

a temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology

doing arduous or unpleasant work

dwelling beneath the surface of the earthcrenellation

a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

(of movement) slow and laborious

dangerously unstable and unpredictable

a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion

summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture

a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls

reject with contempt

in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy

causing mental discomfort

confusion resulting from failure to understand