Vocabulary

• under the radar: Without being noticed; avoiding attention.
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• in the refrigerator: Located inside a refrigerator to preserve or chill.
• check up on: To investigate or inspect
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• have to: Must do
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• going on: To continue doing something
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• think up: To think of an idea or an excuse
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• villain: Character in a story who is mean or evil
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• possess: To enter a person's mind or body as a spirit
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• possession: State of being under the control of evil spirits
• memorable: Worthy of being remembered; striking; outstanding
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• ignite: To catch fire
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• vain: Too proud of yourself, especially your appearance
• spoiler: Bar mounted on rear of fast car to stop it lifting
• terror: Use of violent acts to make people afraid
• entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
• refrigerator: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• cross: Angry and upset
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• classic: Having a simple, basic design or style
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• clown: Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• twilight: Period of time just as the sun sets
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• dark: Of a color that is not light
• freaky: Strange and somewhat frightening
• otherworldly: Not belonging to this world; alien; weird
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• trilogy: Series of three connected works
• tingle: Feeling as if small needles are in your skin
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• duel: Competition between two athletes or enemies
• depiction: Picture or a written description of something
• calamity: An event that causes great harm or distress
• showdown: Game or contest where final result will be decided
• railroad: System of tracks on which trains travel
• school: Large group of fish that swim together
• metaphysical: Concerning metaphysics (study of reality of life)
• nose: Part of the face used for breathing and smelling
• movie: Motion picture; film
• fang: Sharp, pointed tooth of a wild animal
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock
• figurine: Small statue of a person or animal
• lynch: (Of a mob) to illegally put to death by hanging
• disfigure: To damage the appearance or attractiveness of
• stepfather: Husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage
• oversize: Larger than normal for its kind