Vocabulary

• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• have to: Must do
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• under fire: Being heavily criticized.
• feel sick: To experience a sensation of nausea or illness
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• ride with: To travel together with someone in a vehicle or on an animal.
• track down: To find out where someone is; hunt; chase
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• going on: To continue doing something
• go on: To continue doing something
• lie ahead: To be going to happen in the future.
• in the bedroom: Located or happening inside the bedroom.
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• offer up: To present something, especially to God, as a sacrifice or offering.
• embrace it: To accept something enthusiastically.
• open up to: To start talking more freely about your feelings and private thoughts.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
• vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• eerie: Strange, mysterious and frightening
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• performance: Act of doing something
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• dwell: To live in a certain place
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• piece: A counter in a board game
• midst: Middle area or part of something
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• criminal: Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
• despicable: Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• vegetarian: Being made from vegetables and not having any meat
• zodiac: A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into constellations or signs for astrological purposes
• rollercoaster: Amusement passenger ride that rises and falls
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• biblical: Concerning the bible
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• forget: To not remember something
• harrowing: Extremely shocking or upsetting
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• dark: Of a color that is not light
• cliffhanger: A contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
• antagonist: (Literature) someone who is an enemy or opponent
• depiction: Picture or a written description of something
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• ghastly: Frightening or horrible to the senses
• hypnosis: Sleep-like state where you respond to suggestions
• cannibal: Person who eats another human being
• filmmaker: Person who makes movies; movie producer, director
• mutilation: Injury that causes disfigurement
• radiator: Device for cooling down an engine
• caretaker: Job of taking care of others or their property
• lynch: (Of a mob) to illegally put to death by hanging
• unsettle: To upset; making someone feel uneasy