S2: Vocab #1

Astraphobia

Feae if thunder and/or lightning

Pogonophobia

Fear of beards

Optophobia

Fear of opening one's eyes.

Onomatophobia

Fear of hearing a certain word, or a fear of a particular name.

Thanatophobia or Thantophobia

Fear of death

Venustraphobia

Fear of beautiful women.

xenophobia

Fear of strangers, or of foreigners.

Somniphobia

Fear of sleep

ailurophobia

fear of cats

monophobia

fear of being alone

Coulrophobia

Fear of clowns

nyctophobia

fear of darkness, or of the night.

taphephobia

fear of being buried alive

Chiraptophobia

Fear of being touched.

pathophobia

fear of disease and sickness

Phasmaphobia

Fear of ghost or the supernatural

Glossophobia

Fear of public speaking

odious (adj)

Inspiring disgust, hate or repugnance in another individual.

revenant (noun)

one who returns after death, in order to exact revenge or terrorize the living.

anomalous (adj)

abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

doppelganger (n.)

a ghostly double of a living person

Movement n.

In the study of literature, it is defined by a group of writers that work in a smaller subject matter, style, thought-process, or even time-period.

malevolent (adj)

Wicked, evil, malicious, or unkind.

Astraphobia

Feae if thunder and/or lightning

Pogonophobia

Fear of beards

Optophobia

Fear of opening one's eyes.

Onomatophobia

Fear of hearing a certain word, or a fear of a particular name.

Thanatophobia or Thantophobia

Fear of death

Venustraphobia

Fear of beautiful women.

xenophobia

Fear of strangers, or of foreigners.

Somniphobia

Fear of sleep

ailurophobia

fear of cats

monophobia

fear of being alone

Coulrophobia

Fear of clowns

nyctophobia

fear of darkness, or of the night.

taphephobia

fear of being buried alive

Chiraptophobia

Fear of being touched.

pathophobia

fear of disease and sickness

Phasmaphobia

Fear of ghost or the supernatural

Glossophobia

Fear of public speaking

odious (adj)

Inspiring disgust, hate or repugnance in another individual.

revenant (noun)

one who returns after death, in order to exact revenge or terrorize the living.

anomalous (adj)

abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual

doppelganger (n.)

a ghostly double of a living person

Movement n.

In the study of literature, it is defined by a group of writers that work in a smaller subject matter, style, thought-process, or even time-period.

malevolent (adj)

Wicked, evil, malicious, or unkind.