1. Terse: rudely brief
After all that I said, her reply to me seemed terse.

2. Suspenseful: a feeling of excited waiting
Every western has a suspenseful scene involving a shootout.

3. Wince: to flinch in pain

4. Exasperated: extremely annoyed

5. Hysterical: a state of uncontrolled emotion (acting like you’re “going crazy”)

6. Vicinity: the general area
I lobbed the grenade into the vicinity of the bad guys.

7. Looming: appearing to be huge; ominous
I saw the storm cloud looming over the horizon.
The mountains loomed right over our shoulders

8. Impending: about to happen
The man was unaware of his impending doom.

10. Meticulous: precise; paying extreme attention to details

11. Ominous: creepy; foreboding; threatening