Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• on to: Toward something; forward
• at least: As a minimum
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in character: Behaving as the character one is portraying; consistent with the character's personality.
• go on: To continue doing something
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• villain: Character in a story who is mean or evil
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• eternal: Endless; constant; never ending
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
• critic: Person who judges (e.g. art) and gives opinions
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• century: Period of 100 years
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• corpse: A dead body
• folklore: Traditional beliefs and stories of a people
• physician: A medical doctor
• monarchy: Nation that is ruled by a king or queen
• burn: To destroy with fire
• hysteria: A case of wild, uncontrollable behavior or panic
• dispatch: To send (people or objects) somewhere
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• famous: Excellent
• pagan: People who do not have a formal religion
• vampire: Bloodsucking dead person who bites neck of victim
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• spawn: Product or result of something
• decomposition: State of decay or rot
• bloated: To cause to swell up or inflate with gas or liquid
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• arrival: When someone or something gets to at a place
• plagiarism: Copying the work of others pretending it's yours
• broadway: A street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
• irish: Concerning the culture and people of Ireland
• lore: Traditional knowledge or tales relating to a thing
• ottoman: A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)
• publishing: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
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• risen: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• serbia: A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the th and th centuries