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   scare

   /skɛː/

   verb

   • 1. cause great fear or nervousness in; frighten: "I was scared stiff"
   • ▪ become scared: "I don't think I scare easily"

   noun

   • 1. a sudden attack of fright: "gosh, that gave me a scare!"
   • ▪ a situation characterized by a sudden and typically widespread sense of alarm or anxiety about something: "the event was postponed earlier this year due to the foot-and-mouth scare"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skirra ‘frighten’, from skjarr ‘timid’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scarer noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   What is the Red Scare period?

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   3 days ago · Fear is an intensely unpleasant primal emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes psychological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat.

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