The Ghost of the Abandoned Asylum

Word List: apparition, derelict, eerie, haunted, institution, phantom, precinct, silhouette, tormented, unravel

In the depths of the forest, there lay a forgotten place, an abandoned asylum, left to decay and crumble in the shadows. For years, it had been the subject of whispers and legends, of tales of ghostly apparitions that roamed the halls of the derelict building.

No one dared to enter the asylum, for fear of what they might find within its walls. But one night, a group of thrill-seekers set out to unravel the mystery of the haunted institution.

As they approached the building, the air around them grew heavy with an eerie presence, and they soon realized that they were not alone. The ghostly silhouettes of the tormented souls that had once called the asylum home appeared before them, and the group was filled with fear and dread.

They entered the building, walking through the dimly lit halls, their flashlights casting eerie shadows on the walls. They searched the dark, musty rooms, their senses on high alert for any sign of the phantom spirits that were said to haunt the asylum.

But as they delved deeper into the asylum, they found something far more sinister. The asylum had once been a place of torture and pain, where the mentally ill were subjected to cruel experiments and treatments. And now, the tormented spirits of the patients were seeking revenge, their precinct filled with anger and hatred.

The group was never seen again, and the ghost of the abandoned asylum remained a mystery, waiting for the next unsuspecting victim to unravel its secrets.

Vocabulary

WordMeaningCollocations
apparitiona ghostly figure that appears suddenlyghostly apparition, phantom apparition, spectral apparition
derelictabandoned and in a state of disrepairderelict building, derelict house, derelict property
eeriestrange and mysterious, giving a feeling of feareerie atmosphere, eerie feeling, eerie presence
hauntedfilled with the presence of ghosts or spiritshaunted house, haunted asylum, haunted forest
institutiona large and important organization, especially one that provides a service to the publicmental institution, educational institution, medical institution
phantoma ghostly figure or spiritghostly phantom, phantom apparition, spectral phantom
precincta district or area, especially one used for a particular purposecrime-ridden precinct, police precinct, electoral precinct
silhouettethe dark shape of a person or object seen against a lighter backgrounddark silhouette, ghostly silhouette, eerie silhouette
tormentedsuffering mental or physical paintormented soul, tormented spirit, tormented patient
unravelto discover the truth about something, especially something hidden or complicatedunravel the mystery, unravel the truth, unravel the secret

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