Year 8 Gothic Vocabulary
apprehension - Answer (noun) anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will
happen
bleak - Answer (adjective) bare, dreary, dismal
despair - Answer (noun) the complete loss or absence of hope.
(verb) lose or be without hope.
foreboding - Answer (noun) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen
(adjective) marked by fear, ominous
grotesque - Answer (adjective) unnatural, distorted; bizarre
gruesome - Answer (adjective) horrible
impending - Answer (adjective) about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way
isolation - Answer (noun) separation from others; aloneness
monstrous - Answer (adjective) causing shock, horrible or extremely large.
ominous - Answer (adjective) threatening
sinister - Answer (adjective) appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm
sublime - Answer (noun) in literature or art, a moment or description that excites
thoughts and emotions beyond ordinary experience such as awe or terror.
(adjective) of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or
awe.
submissive - Answer (adjective) one who allows themselves to be controlled by others;
obedient or passive.
torturous - Answer (adjective) causing extreme pain
uncanny - Answer (adjective) describes something strange, mysterious and difficult to
explain, sometimes created by familiar things in unsettling and unfamiliar contexts.
apprehension - Answer (noun) anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will
happen
bleak - Answer (adjective) bare, dreary, dismal
despair - Answer (noun) the complete loss or absence of hope.
(verb) lose or be without hope.
foreboding - Answer (noun) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen
(adjective) marked by fear, ominous
grotesque - Answer (adjective) unnatural, distorted; bizarre
gruesome - Answer (adjective) horrible
impending - Answer (adjective) about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way
isolation - Answer (noun) separation from others; aloneness
monstrous - Answer (adjective) causing shock, horrible or extremely large.
ominous - Answer (adjective) threatening
sinister - Answer (adjective) appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm
sublime - Answer (noun) in literature or art, a moment or description that excites
thoughts and emotions beyond ordinary experience such as awe or terror.
(adjective) of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or
awe.
submissive - Answer (adjective) one who allows themselves to be controlled by others;
obedient or passive.
torturous - Answer (adjective) causing extreme pain
uncanny - Answer (adjective) describes something strange, mysterious and difficult to
explain, sometimes created by familiar things in unsettling and unfamiliar contexts.
