Gothic Horror Vocabulary

Sharp or perceptive

• Presumptuous

• Fancy

• Acute

• Stifled

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Boldness; usually seen as a negative

• Hypocritical

• Audacity

• Niche

• Famine

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Hold back with difficulty; not let out

• Avenge

• Retribution

• Formidable

• Stifled

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To annoy or bother

• Vex

• Abscond

• Enthrall

• Insufferable

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To act like you have certain morals or beliefs, but then do the opposite of those things

• Connoisseur

• Gait

• Precocious

• Hypocritical

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Seriously

• Fancy

• Soberly

• Gait

• Formidable

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

How someone walks

• Gait

• Gate

• Avenge

• Revenge

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

To get revenge for someone else

• Niche

• Abscond

• Avenge

• Enthrall

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

To get revenge for something or punish someone who deserves it

• Retribution

• Audacity

• Famine

• Acute

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

An expert in something (usually food, drink, or culture)

• Precocious

• Formidable

• Connoisseur

• Insufferable

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D