Wordsmith / FRANK KRISHNER
I was just listening to a film review on the BBC. It was all about a new film that tells a story about zombies taking over London. It sounds like an unpleasant film, but thousands of people go to horror films every week to get their much needed dose of fright and fear.
Fear is familiar to most people. It is an upsetting and unpleasant response to danger. Sometimes fear causes a person to lose courage. Sometimes we use fear to mean only a mild concern or worry about something, for example, you may fear that rain may spoil the picnic, or fear that you will not make it to your friend’s birthday bash.
Fright is sudden fear, it may not last for a long time. A sudden sharp sound may give you a fright and make you jump.
Alarm also means sudden fear. You feel alarm when you suddenly become aware of danger nearby.
Apprehension is a fear or concern about something bad that may occur. The Bihar government move to the Bihar Electric Supply Corporation has caused apprehension among the workers . They fear they may lose their jobs.
Dread is an intense fear of something that may happen. It suggests fear of facing whatever is coming. Usually dread also means loss of courage. The thought of returning to the empty house filled her with dread. His dread of going to the dentist made his toothache disappear.
Panic is sudden and extreme fright, which results in unreasonable and frantic activity. It was the driver’s panic that caused him to step on the accelerator rather than the brake after his car went over the side of the bridge.
Panic is often used to describe the fear felt by a group, not just one person. A shout of ‘bomb’ in a crowded multiplex caused a panic.
Terror is extreme and intense fright. It has a numbing affect on people. The approaching flood brought terror to the villages along the Baghmati river.
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Causeway
A causeway is a road that is built up across a body of water. It is a raised road, not to be confused with a bridge. A bridge is a construction that spans two ends of a water body, such as a river.
I was just listening to a film review on the BBC. It was all about a new film that tells a story about zombies taking over London. It sounds like an unpleasant film, but thousands of people go to horror films every week to get their much needed dose of fright and fear.
Fear is familiar to most people. It is an upsetting and unpleasant response to danger. Sometimes fear causes a person to lose courage. Sometimes we use fear to mean only a mild concern or worry about something, for example, you may fear that rain may spoil the picnic, or fear that you will not make it to your friend’s birthday bash.
Fright is sudden fear, it may not last for a long time. A sudden sharp sound may give you a fright and make you jump.
Alarm also means sudden fear. You feel alarm when you suddenly become aware of danger nearby.
Apprehension is a fear or concern about something bad that may occur. The Bihar government move to the Bihar Electric Supply Corporation has caused apprehension among the workers . They fear they may lose their jobs.
Dread is an intense fear of something that may happen. It suggests fear of facing whatever is coming. Usually dread also means loss of courage. The thought of returning to the empty house filled her with dread. His dread of going to the dentist made his toothache disappear.
Panic is sudden and extreme fright, which results in unreasonable and frantic activity. It was the driver’s panic that caused him to step on the accelerator rather than the brake after his car went over the side of the bridge.
Panic is often used to describe the fear felt by a group, not just one person. A shout of ‘bomb’ in a crowded multiplex caused a panic.
Terror is extreme and intense fright. It has a numbing affect on people. The approaching flood brought terror to the villages along the Baghmati river.
Learn-a-word
Causeway
A causeway is a road that is built up across a body of water. It is a raised road, not to be confused with a bridge. A bridge is a construction that spans two ends of a water body, such as a river.
Americans also use the word to mean a raised path alongside a road.
We usually call such paths ‘pavements’.
wordscore: unscramble these words [they all have something in common]
PETLAN SCOOMS AXGALY TESLATELI
[Last week’s solution: Economics, Politics, Geography, Arithmetic]
wordscore: unscramble these words [they all have something in common]
PETLAN SCOOMS AXGALY TESLATELI
[Last week’s solution: Economics, Politics, Geography, Arithmetic]
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