Vocabulary Word
Word: incubus
Definition: burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus
Definition: burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus
Sentences Containing 'incubus'
Relieved of the incubus that had fastened upon him for so long a time, and of the dreadful apprehensions under which he had lived, he is hardly the same person.
More Vocab Words
::: insensible - unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible::: eerie - weird; causing fear because strange
::: undertaker - funeral director; one whose business is to arrange burials
::: creep - move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.
::: comprehensive - broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive
::: unsullied - untarnished; CF. sully
::: douse - plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse
::: archipelago - group of closely located islands
::: impending - nearing; approaching; about to happen
::: invert - turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of
