Carmilla

Carmilla Glossary

Trepidation

An anxious feeling of concern about something that you are about to do

Bereave

The feeling of loss that results from a loved one have recently died

Inveigh

Strong criticism of someone or something that they have done or said

Sacrilege

Disrespectful treatment or scorn toward that which is considered holy or sacred

Ruminate

Carefully studying or pondering over something for a long period

Churlish

Chronically rude, unfriendly, and unpleasant

Undulate

Moving in a wavelike manner

Atrocious

Terrible to an appalling degree

Revenant

Something or someone returning after death or a long absence

Conjurer

An entertainer who performs tricks of disappearance and other types of legerdemain

Impale

To drive a sharp object through something or someone

Entreat

Persuading someone to do something almost to the point of begging them

Stratagem

A very precisely devised plan of action

Quackery

Useless medical methods and procedures that exist only to dupe people for their money

Acumen

Smarts and forethought to predict future obstacles for the purpose of overcoming them

Scanty

Insufficient in quantity or volume

Trifle

Of little import or value

Pallid

Extremely pale; bloodless

Fiend

Evil and corrupted; a malevolent entity

Cortege

A solemn procession