YEAR 8 ASSESSMENT - Vocab

Question 1

Abject

Answer 1

something bad experienced to the maximum degree

The daunting ghost that appeared in front of me filled me with abject fear.

Question 2

Apparition

Answer 2

a ghost or ghostlike character

An apparition of a ghostly child walked round the courtyard every morning.

Question 3

Austere

Answer 3

severe, unfeeling or strict character or a place with no comfort or luxuries

He was an austere character who scared everyone he met.

Question 4

Contorted

Answer 4

twisted or bent out of the normal shape.

He was contorted in pain from the agony of turning in to a werewolf.

Question 5

Countenance

Answer 5

a persons face of facial expression

His countenance gave away no emotion.

Question 6

Distained

Answer 6

a strong dislike of something, disgraced or to treat someone as though they are insignificant

He obviously didn’t like it from his distained reaction.

Question 7

Dreary

Answer 7

depressingly dull and bleak

She had a dreary look on her face.

Question 8

Eerie

Answer 8

something strange and frightening

The corridor had an eerie glow.

Question 9

Foreboding

Answer 9

a feeling that something bad will happen

I had an overwhelming sense of foreboding as I entered the room.

Question 10

Formidable

Answer 10

inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large intimidating or frightening.

It was a formidable monster that appeared from the forest.

Question 11

Lurid

Answer 11

unpleasantly bright colour, harsh and unnatural looking.

The lurid green of his high vis jacket caught my eye.

Question 12

Ominous

Answer 12

something bad might happen

The grey clouds hung ominously in the sky

Question 13

Pallor

Answer 13

an unhealthy or pale appearance

His face was a horrible pallor as he passed out.

Question 14

Prominent

Answer 14

important person or something that stands out

King Charles is a prominent character.

Question 15

Reclusive

Answer 15

avoids other peoples company, solitary life

The old man was a reclusive character.

Question 16

Shroud

Answer 16

something that covers, or wraps around something like a dead body

The house was covered in a shroud of mist

Question 17

Sombre

Answer 17

a feeling of sadness, or a dark or dull colour

The teacher had a sombre expression on his face.

Question 18

Tumultuous

Answer 18

loud, excited, disorderly and sometimes violent

The hurricane was tumultuous and violent.

Question 19

Vapour

Answer 19

a gas in the air that is suspended and visible

The toxic vapour strangled me as I gasped for air.

Question 20

Vengeance

Answer 20

pay back! punishment or retribution for wrong doing.

He seeked vengeance after his plans were thwarted.

Question 21

Blasphemies

Answer 21

the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.

He was uttering Blasphemies like a madman

Question 22

Beguiling

Answer 22

charming or enchanting, often in a deceptive way.

She had a beguiling mixture of charm and deception

Question 23

Convulsion

Answer 23

a sudden, violent, irregular movement of the body

His contorted body was wracked with convulsions

Question 24

Debris

Answer 24

scattered pieces of rubbish or remains.

the roads were littered with the debris from shattered buildings

Question 25

Disconcerting

Answer 25

causing one to feel unsettled

he had a disconcerting habit of staring

Question 26

Disconsolate

Answer 26

very unhappy and unable to be comforted, bleak, lonely, depressing

he looked completely disconsolate

Question 27

Disquietude

Answer 27

a state of uneasiness or anxiety.

I was overwhelmed with a feeling of disquietude

Question 28

Inexplicable

Answer 28

unable to be explained or accounted for.

for some inexplicable reason she walked out in to the night

Question 29

Labyrinthine

Answer 29

like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting intricate and confusing.

behind the hidden door lies a labyrinthine network of tunnels

Question 30

Lassitude

Answer 30

a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.

“she was overcome by lassitude and collapsed on the sofa”

Question 31

Mauled

Answer 31

wounded by scratching and tearing

he had been mauled beyond all recognition by the formidable creature

Question 32

Pall

Answer 32

a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.

Question 33

Sacrilege

Answer 33

violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred like Robbing or vandalizing a church, chapel

Question 34

Toil

Answer 34

work extremely hard or incessantly.

Her face was marked by a life of toil

Question 35

Unsettling

Answer 35

causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing.

the finale may come as an unsettling shock”