Gothic Literature Unit Vocabulary

furtive

attempting to avoid notice usually because of guilt or belief that discovery would cause trouble

bliss

(noun) - the state of perfect happiness

severity

(noun) - the fact or condition of being severe or harsh

impassive

(adjective) - not feeling/showing emotion; emotionless

friezes

(noun) - a horizontal band of sculpted or painted decorations — esp. on a wall

stucco

(noun) - fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces; made of cement, water, sand & a bit of lime

reverberated

(verb) - be repeated several times as an echo

sensitized

(verb) - cause to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive

antonym - impassive

resonance

(noun) - the quality in a sound of being deep, full, & reverberating

synonym - reverberated

hostile

(adjective) - unfriendly; antagonistic

synonym - insidiously

insidiously

(adverb) - in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

listlessly

(adverb) - having no energy or enthusiasm and unwilling to do anything

synonym - impassive

hallucinations

(noun) - an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present

clamoured

(verb) - shout loudly and insistently; make a protest or demand

antonym - listlessly

anthropoid

(adjective) - resembling a human being in form

stupor

(noun) - a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility

synonym - swoon

crepuscular

(adjective) - of, resembling, or relating to twilight

swoon

(verb) - faint from extreme emotion

synonym - stupor

antonym - impassive

laboriously

(adverb) - in a way that takes considerable time & effort

antonym - listlessly

raved

(verb) - talk wildly or incoherently, as if one were delirious or insane

antonym - impassive

abomination

(noun) - a thing that causes disgust or hatred

stealthily

(adverb) - in a cautious & surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard

proboscis

(noun) - the nose of a mammal, especially when it is long & mobile, like an elephant’s trunk

vertiginous

(adjective) - causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep

diminutive

(adjective) - extremely or unusually small