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anxious
[ANGK-shuhss]
Definition: (adjective) 1. afraid or nervous about what may happen; worried; 2. very eager to
do something
Example sentence 1: Charlie gets very anxious when we take him to the vet, but our other
dog, Moe, is perfectly happy to go.
Example sentence 2: Jason is anxious to see the new Hobbit movie.
Anxious is related to the noun anxiety [ang-ZYE-uh-tee], which means: 1. a feeling of
distress or uneasiness about what might happen; 2. a strong desire mixed with doubt,
fear, or uneasiness.
aversion
[uh-VUR-zhuhn]
Definition: (noun) 1. a strong dislike or disgust; a desire to avoid. Used this way, aversion is
usually followed by to. 2. something that causes strong dislike or disgust
Example sentence 1: Melissa has a strong aversion to snakes. Just looking at a picture of a
snake makes her uncomfortable.
Example sentence 2: No, I don’t particularly mind the sound of people eating. That’s
Jamie’s aversion, not mine.
cower
[KOW-er]
Definition: (verb) to shrink away or crouch down in fear
Example sentence: Thomas is cowering in the corner. He’s terrified of your cat!
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panic
Definition: 1. (noun) a sudden, overpowering fright, especially one without reasonable
cause; 2. (verb) to affect or be affected with panic
Example sentence 1: A mouse ran through the movie theater lobby, causing a great panic.
From the way people were screaming, you would have thought a monster had just walked in.
Example sentence 2: “Don’t panic,” Kyle whispered to Liz during the movie, “but the mouse
is sitting on the back of your chair.” Liz did panic, though. She screamed and jumped to her
feet, scattering popcorn everywhere.
trepidation
[trep-ih-DEY-shuhn]
Definition: (noun) a feeling of fear or nervousness about something that may happen
Example sentence: Kelly picked up the phone with trepidation; she had the feeling she was
about to receive bad news.
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1. Among anxiety, aversion, cower, panic,
and trepidation, which two words are
most similar in meaning? Explain.
Anxiety and trepidation are most similar.
Both describe
feeling
of worry
about
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here toasee
our
answer.
something in the future.
2. I n what way is cower different from all
the other featured vocabulary words
(anxious, aversion, panic, trepidation)?
The other words relate to feelings, while
cower
describes
that you do
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herea physical
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our answer.
as a result of a feeling.
3. Are aversion and fear synonyms? Can
they be used interchangeably? Explain.
They are not synonyms. To have an aversion
to something is to feel repulsed by it and to
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strongly
want
to avoid
it. Toour
haveanswer.
an aversion
to something doesn’t necessarily mean that
you are afraid of it, though you could feel
an aversion to something that scares you.
Therefore, there are certain situations where
either word could be used. For example, if
Elliot avoids spiders because he is afraid of
them, you could say that Elliot has a fear of
spiders, or you could say that Elliot has an
aversion to spiders.
4. C onsider the following sentence:
When Morgan realized that she had
overslept, she felt great trepidation.
How would the meaning of the
sentence change if “she felt great
trepidation” were replaced by “she
panicked”? How might what Morgan
does next be different depending on
whether she “felt great trepidation”
or “panicked”?
“She felt great trepidation” suggests that
Morgan felt very worried about what was
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see
answer.
going
to happen.
nextour
move
might be to
lie in bed for a few minutes, dreading what
was going to happen and feeling reluctant
to face it. By changing the end of the
sentence to “she panicked,” the sentence
suggests that Morgan freaked out—that
her eyes flew open and her heart started
pounding. If she panicked, her next move
would probably be to jump out of bed, pull
her clothes on, and get to wherever she was
supposed to be.
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about it using as many of the featured vocabulary words as you can.
Featured vocabulary: anxious, aversion, cower, panic, trepidation
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