Fantasy Vocabulary List

Vocabulary List

• Abominable: utterly vile or evil, often describing Sauron's forces.
• Adamant: unbreakable material, symbolizing strength or resolve.
• Assuaged: eased or relieved, like moments of rest in peril.
• Baldric: a belt for carrying swords or tools.
• Bane: a cause of destruction, like the Ring's effect on its bearer.
• Barrows: burial mounds, like those in the Barrow-downs.
• Beryl: a shining gem, often magical in nature.
• Bollards: sturdy posts, marking paths or boundaries.
• Botanical: related to plants, like Elven gardens.
• Bower: a peaceful, shaded spot, often in nature.
• Brands: burning torches used for light or protection.
• Brooch: a decorative clasp, like the Elven leaf pins.
• Cairn: a mound of stones marking graves or trails.
• Carcanet: a jeweled necklace, often ancient or precious.
• Causeway: a raised path through marshes or swamps.
• Chalcedony: a precious, mystical gemstone.
• Chattels: personal belongings, often simple or practical.
• Commodity: a valuable resource, like the Shire's produce.
• Compensated: repaid or made amends for.
• Conspiracy: a secret plan, like Frodo's friends helping him.
• Coppices: small thickets or groves of trees.
• Corslet: a piece of armor protecting the torso.
• Damasked: patterned or decorated, often with intricate designs.
• Delved: dug deeply, as Dwarves delved in Moria.
• Dishevelled: untidy, like travelers after a long journey.
• Disquieting: causing unease or worry, like ominous signs.
• Draught: a current of air or a sip of drink.
• Errantry: knightly quests, like Aragorn's early adventures.
• Ewer: a large jug for pouring water.
• Eyot: a small island in a river, like spots on the Anduin.
• Faggot: a bundle of sticks, often for fuel.
• Fallow: unused land, left to rest.
• Fen: marshy, wet ground, like the Dead Marshes.
• Fissures: cracks in the earth, like those in Mordor.
• Forbodes: predicts something bad, like dark omens.
• Fosse: a ditch, often for defense.
• Frugal: simple or resourceful, like the Hobbits' lifestyle.
• Furlong: a distance of about 201 meters.
• Furtive: secretive, like Gollum's movements.
• Gnarled: twisted, aged, like trees in Fangorn Forest.
• Glazed: shiny or glassy, often from exhaustion or magic.
• Gunwale: the edge of a boat, like those on the Anduin.
• Habergeon: a short coat of chainmail armor.
• Haggard: looking exhausted, like Frodo after his trials.
• Hoary: gray or white with age, ancient.
• Husbanding: carefully managing resources, like rationing food.
• Hythe: a small harbor or landing place.
• Imbibed: absorbed or drank, like Elven wisdom.
• Incantation: a magical spell or chant.
• Indignant: showing anger at injustice.
• Inquisitiveness: curiosity, like Pippin's nature.
• Loathsome: disgusting or hateful, like Orcs.
• Malice: evil intent, like Sauron's will.
• Marrow: the essence of life, or the core of something.
• Mementoes: keepsakes or reminders of the past.
• Mustering: gathering troops or courage for battle.
• Necromancer: a sorcerer who raises or controls the dead, like Sauron in disguise.
• Ominous: giving a sense of approaching danger.
• Panoply: a full display of armor or equipment.
• Perfunctory: done without care, routine.
• Perilous: full of danger, like the journey to Mordor.
• Phalanx: a tight formation of soldiers.
• Phial: a small bottle, like Galadriel's gift to Frodo.
• Pikestaff: a long staff or pole, sometimes used as a weapon.
• Pinnacle: the highest point, like a mountain peak.
• Plaited: woven or braided together.
• Poignant: deeply moving or emotionally touching.
• Provender: food or supplies, often for travel.
• Quagmires: boggy ground, like the Dead Marshes.
• Rogue: a mischievous or untrustworthy person.
• Routed: defeated and driven away, like Orcs in battle.
• Russet: a reddish-brown color, like autumn leaves.
• Sallow: pale and unhealthy-looking.
• Scimitars: curved swords, used by Orcs and Easterlings.
• Scintillating: sparkling or brilliant, like Elvish light.
• Scrupulous: very careful or precise.
• Shanks: the lower legs or a sturdy shaft.
• Sinuous: winding or twisting, like rivers or paths.
• Sluggard: a lazy or slow-moving person.
• Sloe: a small, dark fruit, like those in wild bushes.
• Stealth: secrecy or quietness, like Frodo avoiding the Nazgûl.
• Standing stones: ancient, upright stones, often with mystical significance.
• Tryst: a secret meeting, often romantic.
• Undulating: moving in waves, like rolling hills or seas.
• Wains: wagons used for carrying goods.
• Warren: a network of tunnels or dense, maze-like places.
• Waistcoat: a fitted vest, like Bilbo's.
• Wights: ghostly beings haunting barrows.
• Wraith: a shadowy, undead figure, like the Ringwraiths.