Vampire Vocab

Impudicity (n) Shamelessness And the sentence! The Vampire’s impudicity was at once appealing and repulsive to his potential prey.

Today’s word: Thersitical (adj) Loud-mouthed or foul-mouthed The Sentence: The vampire opted to not consume the thersitical individual; he had old-fashioned sensibilities and he didn’t eat what he considered junk food.

I’m so happy! My English teacher is letting me do a word of the day for the class. Today’s word: Glossolalia (n) Incomprehensible speech uttered from a state of religious fervor or trance. And a sentence: The priest, scarred by the vampire attack, muttered glossolalia with wild eyes.

Today’s word: Hircine (adj) Resembling or smelling like a goat. Also: Lustful. Let’s assume, in the context of modern vampires, the latter will be the use. And the sentence! The hircine vampire, hungering for blood, approached his prey with measured steps and a wicked smile.

Today’s word is: Grume (noun) A thick coating, esp. a blood clot. And the sentence! The fang marks from the previous week were aching and covered by a thick, hard grume.

Today’s word is: Inanition (n) Emptiness, the state of being empty When all his Dolce & Gabbana clothes were destroyed, the vampire felt as though there would never be anything again but inanition.

Here’s a word that I love: Meable (adj.) Easily penetrable. The vampire’s defenses were meable. He had, after all, spent all his money on clothes.

And today’s word is: Invidious: (adj.) Provoking envy or ill will. The vampire’s snazzy, invidious clothes were the primary reason the villagers had decided to come stake him.

Today’s word is: Cyrenaic (adj.) Hedonistic, pertaining to hedonism. Sentence: Despite the reputation vampire’s have for being either moody or cyrenaic, the vampire who worked at the grocery store was neither. He was just…normal.

Today’s word is Eremitic (adj). Reclusive And the sentence: The eremitic vampire lurked in his den, while his mother fussed at him to get out of the house, get a life, or something.