Upper-Intermediate semester 1 vocabulary review (mid-terms)

Meaning

100

A feeling of dread or the feeling of being scared.

Fear 

200

A feeling of worry or nervousness.

Anxiety

300

A building up of tension to suggest something scary or big is going to happen. 

Tension 

400

The action of making someone scared through strength or making someone feel powerless. 

Intimidation 

500

A fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen. 

Apprehension 

Synonyms

100

Awful 

Horrific

200

Chilling 

Fearsome

300

Inappropriate 

Outrageous 

400

Alarming

Bloodcurdling 

500

Dark 

Ominous 

Antonyms

100

Expected 

Alarming 

200

Light-hearted

Dark / sinister

300

Normal or necessary

Inappropriate 

400

Awful 

Lovely 

500

Warming

Chilling 

Form in a sentence

100

Writers usually use _________ to set the readers expectation that something good or bad is going to happen in a story. 

Pathetic fallacy 

200

In The Conjuring the haunted woman ________the family for the entire movie. 

terrorized 

300

Someone who has an active imagination can __________ easily. 

frighten 

400

Some people feel scared if they can't _________ their differences with another person after a fight. 

reconcile 

500

Fears often _______ as you get older. 

subside