Gothic Flashcards
(55 cards)
A mansion
a very large or stately house as a place to live, un manoir
an abbey
the building in which a christian group of monks or nuns lives. une abbaye
a vault
a room with an arched roof or ceiling.
une voûte
a cellar
a room underground and usually beneath a building. une cave
a dungeon
an underground prison cell. Un cachot
a cell
une cellule. A small room often in a prison
a keep
un dungeon. t he place of last resort in case of siege or attack.
a maze
un labyrinthe. A system of connected path ways in which it’s easy to lose your way
a cemetery
an area of land where the dead are buried (not next to a church)
a graveyard
an area of land where the dead are buried, next to a church
a tomb
a grave or structure where a dead person is buried. Un tombeau
A coffin
Un cercueil. A box in which a dead body is placed for burial.
a grave
a place where somebody is buried. Une tombe sans ornements
Crumbling
partir en miette, falling apart, break into small pieces
decaying
pourrir, to become decomposed
desolate
empty, w/out life, abandonné
remote
located far away from other places. Éloigné
dimly-lit
lit with very little light, no bright. Faiblement éclairé
damp
sightly wet. Humide
dank
wet and cold.
clammy
moite. unpleasant moist and sticky
a maiden.
a young woman married. Demoiselle
a prey
a person or thing that is victim of an enemy. Une proie
a scoundrel
a person who has no moral principles. Une canaille
