What Is the Horror Genre? The Monkey’s Paw
If you make something grow in strength.
intensify
To think of an idea.
conceive
Something that is dangerous.
peril
A river in the part of the underworld called Tartaros.
Tartarean Acheron
Someone who cheats or tricks people.
fraud
To prove something that is right and valid.
justify
To bother or annoy that person.
vex
A person that is false or deceptive.
hypocritical
A loose sleeveless coat or cloak.
mantle
A story, you make up.
concoct
Things that are comparable or similar parts.
parallel
To smother something.
stifle
To express sympathy or sorrow to someone.
condole
Certain offspring of the gods: The name of Aeneas’s father. Aeneas is an offspring of the gods because his mother is the goddess Aphrodite.
Anchises’ son
Someone who determines rules that should be allowed.
dictate
Something, such as money, that is received as payment.
compensation
vehemently
When you do something with intense emotion.
A facial expression of pain or disgust.
grimace
Someone who is easily fooled.
gullible
Foreshadowing
It occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story.
The acceptance of something that is inescapable.
resignation
derision
Jeering laughter or ridicule.
A tendency to believe too readily.
credulity
endorse
When a celebrity advertise a product, they let people know they like or support it.
dialogue
A conversation between characters and incidents in a story.