Vocabulary: Phobias
Fear of heights
Acrophobia
Feeling when you wave at the wrong person
Embarrassed
He’s afraid ___ moths.
of
Form negative of FRIENDLY
UNFRIENDLY
Keep the dog ___ of the garden.
out
Fear of open or crowded spaces
Agoraphobia
Feeling when you speak in front of many
Nervous
Fear ___ strangers
of
Form negative of LEGAL
ILLEGAL
Keep ___ from the tall grass.
away
Fear of public speaking
Glossophobia
Idiom: “I’ve got ___ in my stomach”
butterflies
Worry ___ realistic dangers
about
Form negative of SATISFIED
DISSATISFIED
“He kept ___ talking.”
on
Fear of enclosed spaces
Claustrophobia
Idiom: “went as white as a ___”
sheet
Sensitive ___ patient’s needs
to
Form negative of REGULAR
IRREGULAR
Keep ___ with the others.
up with
Fear of spiders
Arachnophobia
Feeling when everything seems to spin
Dizzy
Treatment leads ___ a cure
to
Form negative of POSSIBLE
IMPOSSIBLE
Keep ___ (meaning: to avoid)
away from