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2020 Horror Unit Vocabulary - ALL

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A nervous or fearful feeling is known as

a)

aversion

b)

trepidation

c)

fiend

d)

vile

2.

A very evil or cruel person who has no sense of right or wrong

a)

fiend

b)

vile

c)

aversion

d)

wretch

3.

A very unpleasant, miserable human being

a)

fiend

b)

vile

c)

perplex

d)

wretch

4.

Evil, despicable, or immoral

a)

fiend

b)

vile

c)

perplexed

d)

distraught

5.

To shrink away or crouch in fear

a)

vile

b)

cower

c)

perplex

d)

avert

6.

having or showing no compassion or pity for anyone

a)

stalk

b)

vile

c)

cower

d)

ruthless

7.

to pursue obsessively/ to the point of harassment

a)

lurk

b)

stalk

c)

strewn

d)

cower

8.

to lie hidden for an evil purpose

a)

lurk

b)

stalk

c)

cower

d)

groggily

9.

What part of speech is lurk?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

10.

The feelings or emotions a reader experiences while reading a text

a)

trepidation

b)

mood

c)

spasm

d)

fiend

11.

A sudden and usually brief

occurrence of something you

cannot control.

a)

wretch

b)

trepidation

c)

distraughtness

d)

spasm

12.

transported with emotion; totally captivated to the point of showing emotion

a)

brooding

b)

rapt

c)

ruthless

d)

abysmal

13.

moodily serious

a)

rapt

b)

absorbed

c)

ruthless

d)

brooding

14.

extremely bad; no prospects of improvement

a)

abysmal

b)

absorbed

c)

brawny

d)

brooding

15.

done in a dazed, sleepy, or confused way; unfocused

a)

grudgingly

b)

rapt

c)

groggily

d)

intently

16.

ungracefully tall and thin

a)

lanky

b)

ruthless

c)

stalk

d)

lurky

17.

moodily serious

a)

rapt

b)

absorbed

c)

ruthless

d)

brooding

18.

What part of speech is lanky?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

19.

to make someone or something seem less important

a)

blather

b)

bloodcurdle

c)

belittle

d)

boastful

20.

What is the part of speech for belittle?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

21.

to talk foolishly and nonsensically

a)

blather

b)

belittle

c)

utter

d)

vex

22.

causing great horror; terrifying

a)

utter

b)

covet

c)

bloodcurdling

d)

cowering

23.

to separate or divide

a)

dissever

b)

vex

c)

covet

d)

blather

24.

What part of speech is the word dissever?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

25.

extremely aware; having perceptive senses

a)

lingering

b)

bloodcurdling

c)

keen

d)

vex

26.

to hold back or suppress

a)

dissever

b)

vex

c)

linger

d)

stifle

27.

to annoy or irritate

a)

cower

b)

linger

c)

vex

d)

covet

28.

to desire something belonging to another

a)

utter

b)

covet

c)

stifle

d)

linger

29.

to be slow in leaving or going away

a)

covet

b)

peculiar

c)

linger

d)

stifle

30.

strange or odd; unusual

a)

vex

b)

utter

c)

haphazard

d)

peculiar

31.

to make a sound or statement; usually quietly

a)

utter

b)

blather

c)

vex

d)

lurk