English vocab

Not good enough or too low in quality

Inadequate

Cruel and unfair

Oppressive

The most important or exciting point in a story or situation

Climax

To change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural

Distort

A building in which the bodies of dead people are buried

Mausoleum

To consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing

Equates

Happens in a particular order, one following the other, and are often repeated

Cyclical 

Sad

Melancholy

The state of a place that is empty or where everything has been destroyed

Desolation

A feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past

Nostalgia

Extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering

Anguish

Extreme happiness, sometimes more than is reasonable in a particular situation

Euphoria

The quality of being peaceful and calm

Serenity

A feeling of being disappointed and unhappy because of discovering the truth about something or someone that you liked or respected

Disillusionment

The feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation

Despair

The ability to be happy, successful after something difficult or bad has happened

Resilience

Ability to be hurt easily, influenced, or attacke

Vulnerability

A strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily

Yearning

A state of having a pleasant dream like thought (being in your own thoughts)

Reverie

The process of releasing strong emotions though a particular activity or experience

Catharsis

A feeling of wanting better treatment or an improved situation

Discontent

Behaviour that shows no interest or energy and shows that someone is unwilling to take action, especially over something important

Apathy

A state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorder

Turmoil

To feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen

Dread

A cause of a feeling or great sadness

Sorrow

A peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, worry

Tranquility

Very light and delicate, especially in a way that does not seem to come from the real, physical world

Ethereal 

Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen

Ominous

Strange in a frightening and mysterious way

Eerie

A type of almost black rock that is like glass

Obsidian

Dark and dirty or difficult to see through

Murky

Its empty, and not welcoming or attractive

Bleak

Serious, sad, and without humour or entertainment

Sombre

Greater, better, more important, or going past or above all others

Transcendent

Being active or happening at night rather than during the day

Nocturnal

Clearly expressed and easy to understand, or of a person thinking or speaking clearly

Lucid

Lasting for only a short time, then disappearing quickly and being forgotten

Evanescent

Extremely hot and unpleasant

Stifling

Something is extreme

Searing

Very respected and praised because of great importance or great age

Hallowed

A look intended to make one feel ashamed

Withering

Sad and thinking about something that is impossible or in the past

Wistful

Lasting for only a short time

Ephemeral

Short or quick

Fleeting

Continuing forever in the same way

Perpetual

Lasting for only a short time; temporary 

Transient

Not changing, or unable to be changed

Immutable

A memory of something

Recollection

Impossible to change

Irrevocable

Covered with healthy green plants or grass

Verdant

Unable to produce plants or fruit

Barren

Of or from the sky or outside this world

Celestial

Full of strong emotion

Tempestuous

Has alot of green, healthy plants, grass and trees

Lush

Desolate

Ember

Silhouette

Petrichor

Shimmering

Crimson

Obscured

Fractured

Twilit

Veiled

Corroded

Brumal (of winter)

Solstitial

Redemption

Rebirth

Fragility

Decay

Mortality

Corruption

Oblivion

Salvation

Remorse

Fate

Transcendence

Duality

Revelation

Confession

Ambiguous

Poginant

Meticulous

Inexorable

Subtle

Profound

Macabre

Cryptic

Resonant

Suppression

Foreboding

Serene

Enigmatic

Introspective

Charismatic

Evocative

Melodramatic

Emphatic