Vault seed record

Fear intensity ladder

A friend says each word about the same situation. Order the intensity from mildest to strongest.

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Classification

reviewed-seedapprovedmedia-pragmatics-mechanicssynonym-intensity-laddersynonyms-finderB2Vocabulary

Provenance

Kind: human-authored

Source: friend-ideas

Batch: vocab-depth-001

Reviewer: content-lead

Updated: 2026-05-20

Instruction and answer

Instruction

Order the words from mildest to strongest.

Correct answer

nervous -> worried -> scared -> terrified -> petrified

Explanation

These words overlap, but intensity changes. Nervous is mild unease; petrified is extreme fear.

Product use

Surfaces

testdailyarenafriend-challenge

Source languages

global

Difficulty

medium

Conversion hook

Quickly makes the user question how precise their words are.

Review payload

Review notes

Good vocabulary-depth seed.

Media prompt

No media prompt attached.

Assets

category-sorting-sets

Source traps

none

Tags

synonymsintensityemotion

Usage

Tests: vocabulary-size, writing-clarity

Funnels: none

Challenges: word-ladder

{
  "type": "ordered-actions",
  "correctOrder": [
    "nervous",
    "worried",
    "scared",
    "terrified",
    "petrified"
  ],
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "petrified",
      "label": "petrified"
    },
    {
      "id": "worried",
      "label": "worried"
    },
    {
      "id": "nervous",
      "label": "nervous"
    },
    {
      "id": "terrified",
      "label": "terrified"
    },
    {
      "id": "scared",
      "label": "scared"
    }
  ]
}