Word Bank 02 – In Love With Fear

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06 adrenaline means a hormone (= chemical substance) produced by the body when a person is frightened, angry, or excited, which makes the heart beat faster and prepares the body to react to danger.

04 pursued means to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch him, her, or it.
08 sensations means the ability to feel something physically, especially by touching, or a physical feeling that results from this ability.

01 halfpipe means a U-shaped structure on which people skateboard, snowboard, etc.
10 leveraged means to use something that you already have in order to achieve something new or better.

03 conquer means to take control or possession of foreign land, or a group of people, by force.

07 bewitching means so beautiful or attractive that you cannot think about anything else.

11 harbingers means a person or thing that shows that something is going to happen soon, especially something bad.

02 devoted means extremely loving and loyal.
05 tumultuous means very loud, or full of confusion, change, or uncertainty.

09 nuanced means made slightly different in appearance, meaning, sound, etc.

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04 metaphorically means  expressions that describe a person or object by referring to something that is considered to have similar characteristics.

17 tantalizingly means in a way that makes you feel excited and hope that you might get or do something, especially when this does not in fact happen.

01 capricious means changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly.
12 snap means to move into a position quickly, producing a short noise as if breaking.
08 diaphragm means the muscle that separates the chest from the lower part of the body.

14 knot means a join made by tying together the ends of a piece or pieces of string, rope, cloth, etc.

02 foam means a mass of small, usually white, bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid.

16 metamorphosis means a complete change.
05 equate means to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing.
18 precarious means in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly.

07 deliberate means (often of something bad) intentional or planned.

13 airborne means in the air, or carried by air or wind or by an aircraft.
09 ascend means to move up or climb something.
11 torque means a force that causes something to rotate (equal to turn in a circle).
15 flutters means to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or from side to side, or to cause something to do this.

06 profound means felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way.
10 ramp means an artificial slope.

03 pits means a large hole in the ground, or a slightly low area in any surface.

04 brace means something that is used to support or connect things, or to make something stronger.
01 cork means a short, cylinder-shaped piece of cork, plastic, or rubber that is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to close it.
03 shallower means breathing in which you only take a small amount of air into your lungs with each breath.
02 palms means the inside part of your hand from your wrist to the base of your fingers.

03 streak means an often unpleasant characteristic that is very different from other characteristics.
06 innate means (of a quality) which you are born with, or which is present naturally.
08 bolstering means to support or improve something or make it stronger.
02 facet means one part of a subject, situation, etc. that has many parts.
07 cope means to deal successfully with a difficult situation.

09 gratitude means the feeling or quality of being grateful.
05 dictate means to influence something or make it necessary.
01 wielded means to hold a weapon or tool and look as if you are going to use it.
04 scaffolding means a structure of metal poles and wooden boards put against a building for workers to stand on when they want to reach the higher parts of the building.