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Gothic Lit Terms

words from gothic lit

QuestionAnswer
specious apparently good or right but deceptive
craven cowardly; contemptibly minded
sentience capacity of feeling
hypochondriac excessive worry about one's health
efface to wipe out, do away with
avatar an embodiment or personification
obeisance bodily movement expressing deep respect
sublime supreme
sagacious keen practical sense
ominous foreboding
beguiling to mislead or influence by trickery
excavated to make a hole or cavity in
demarcation separation by distinct boundaries
chateau stately residence imitating a castle or fortress--summer home
surcease to cease from some action
sepulcher tomb or burial place
venerable commanding respect because of great age
filigreed delicate ornamental work of fine metal wires
tarn small lake or pool
importunate urgent or persistent in solicitation
austere strict
gilded covered or highlighted with gold
affinity natural liking
querulous full of complaints
dissever to separate
wrought produced or shaped
apathy lack of emotion
patriarch male head of family or founder
countenance appearance, facial expression
equivocal allowing possibility of several meanings
phantasms apparition or specter
dirges a funeral song
gloaming twilight, dusk
ostentation conspicuous show of wealth to impress
dominion lands subject to sovereign control
lore body or traditional knowledge
avarice insatiable greed for riches
vagaries unpredictable or erratic actions
extort to compel
incubus demon or spirit that descends on sleeping women
cadaverously like a corpse
impetuous characterized by rash action; impulsive
melancholy gloomy state of mind
implore beg urgently or piteously
nepenthe drug mentioned by ancient writers that has the power of bringing forgetfulness of sorrows
fiend diabolically cruel or wicked person
seraphs member of the highest order of angels
kinsmen blood relatives
usurers person who lends money and charges interest
contagion communication of disease through direct and indirect contact
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