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Fantasy
Story Vocabulary Words
Nouns
Dragons – large lizard-like creatures that breathe fire
Knight – a
soldier in the king’s army with high ranking
Lords
Vassals
Fairy, fairies,
sprites – fictional creatures
Witch – a woman who casts magic
Wizard – male witch
Sorcerer, sorceress - someone who casts magic
Spear – a weapon
with a long handle and a blade
Sword – a weapon
with a long blade and a handle
Goblin, Dwarf, Elf – fictional
creatures
Centaur- man’s head, horse’s body
Minotaur – bull’s head, human’s body
Orb – a spherical object or ball
King, Queen, Prince, Princess – head of state in an empire
Empire – see kingdom
Kingdom – an area and its people ruled by a king
Colony – an area of land taken over by a mother country
Successor – the person who will take over the throne when the current king or queen die
Citizen – a resident
Nobleman- a man of great honour in the kingdom
Highness, Excellency, My Lord, Majesty – terms used to address a king or queen
Monarchy –
members of the royal family
Verbs
To impale – to stab right through
To joust – to argue, also to combat on horse with weapons
To slay – to kill
To cast (a spell)- to direct
To conjure – to summon (demons)
To conspire – to make a secret plan
To devise – to make, as in to devise a plan
To relinquish – to hand over, as in “He relinquished the crown.”
To yield – to surrender
To conquer – to overcome
To decimate- to destroy
Adjectives
Scaly – having scales as a texture
Iridescent –shining
Courageous -brave
Narcissistic – arrogant, in love with self
Delicate – frail, breakable
Resilient – tough
Equestrian – having to do with horses
Lowly- something or someone with little respect
Depraved- evil, corrupt
Malevolent – evil, mean-spirited
Benevolent – good, nice, loving
Frail – weak
Stalwart –strong
Adverbs
Heartily – energetically, as in to laugh heartily
Cunningly – cleverly
Falsely- wrongly
Courageously – to do so bravely
Unknowingly – being unaware
Humbly, modestly – to do something without being overly proud of it