Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• culminate in: To reach the highest point or final stage; to result in.
• slow burn: A gradual increase of anger or tension over time.
• lead up to: To prepare the way for; to serve as an introduction to.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• material: Cloth; fabric
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• hefty: Being heavy or large
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• intersection: Place where two things cross
• astounding: To surprise someone greatly
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• fill: To make something full
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
• societal: Concerning society or a society
• undoubtedly: With certainty; without question; for sure
• magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
• prom: Dance, usually held in high school
• climax: Most exciting, intense point in a series of events
• tier: One of the rising rows of seats, e.g. in a stadium
• supernatural: Being unable to be explained by natural causes
• systemic: Affecting the entire body, system
• ghostly: Of or like ghosts or spirits