States and conditions

Synonyms for scare

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsStates and conditions

sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

panic

Same sentence, swapped: A bomb panic led them to evacuate the building.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for scare as it is used in the sentence above.

hypochondria
shock
shake

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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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