Vocabulary

• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• beyond the grave: After someone has died or after death.
• mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
• dog: Small 4-legged animal that barks kept as a pet
• wife: Married woman
• room: All of the people inside a particular room
• beautiful: Having dome something well
• read: Person's name
• floor: Large area used for a particular purpose
• lifeless: Without life; no longer living
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• nice: Being attractive or of high quality or value
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• flower: Plant with a pretty head, e.g. a rose
• favourite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• dead: Not alive
• sunny: Feeling or being cheerful, happy, and friendly
• fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• madness: Obsolete term for legal insanity
• aunt: Sister of your parent or the wife of your uncle
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• pale: Light in color; unhealthy looking
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• hall: Area just inside the entrance of a building
• mad: Very angry
• soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• shadow: To cover something with shade
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• tower: Tall, narrow building
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• weak: Not having a strong character
• invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
• searching: To examine a person's clothing to find something
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
• shiver: Act of shaking from fear or cold
• skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
• tomb: Small building or stone box where dead body is put
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• anger: To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
• slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
• passage: Process of moving through time
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• tale: Story that is not true
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• laughter: Action or sound of laughing
• possess: To enter a person's mind or body as a spirit
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• considerate: Taking care not to offend or disturb someone else
• insanity: Mentally ill, unable to act normally
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• crept: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• torment: Great mental or physical pain
• wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
• coffin: Wooden box in which a dead body is put
• gruesome: Showing horrible scenes, e.g. showing blood
• encase: (Of hard thing) to surround or totally envelop
• limp: Being soft, not hard, not rigid
• creak: (Of door, etc.) to make a loud squeaking noise
• banish: To send someone away, often as punishment
• sway: Power or influence to control a person or group