🇬🇧 Revenant meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A revenant is a person who has died but comes back again, like a ghost or zombie, often walking around, visiting people, or haunting places instead of staying quietly in their grave.

The revenant in my closet complained that my socks were scarier than he was.

In the school yearbook, the revenant’s quote was, “I came back from the dead and still have to take tests.”

At the school talent show, the revenant won first place for “Most Dramatic Moaning.”

Our cat slept on the revenant’s head like it was just another weird pillow.

The word “revenant” comes from French and basically means “the one who comes back,” like a very determined ghost who refuses to miss the rest of the story.

The old woman stared as a revenant stood at the door. The revenant lifted a pale hand, smelled the soup, and blinked like someone who had walked through fog. The little boy dropped his spoon, and the revenant sat at the table. They all wept; the revenant smiled; the revenant faded into the room’s quiet light.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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