Vocabulary

• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• set off: To start a journey
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• lights up: Third-person singular present tense of to illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• spike: The top point in a graph
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• lurk: To hide somewhere, e.g. to do something wrong
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• uncanny: So keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• spooky: Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
• noggin: A human head
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• contamination: Being impure because of a harmful agent
• dizzy: Feeling light-headed and as if you might fall
• disgust: Strong feeling of dislike for something
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• moldy: (Of food) covered with or smelling of mold
• claustrophobic: Afraid of being trapped in a small place
• triangle: Three people connected with each in a relationship
• cortical: Tech concerning the brain's cortex
• yup: Another way of saying 'yes'