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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Amaze, astonish, astound or appal etc.?
Which is the right word : among amaze, astonish, astound, appal, surprise, scare etc..
If you hide and appear suddenly to someone, do you amaze, astonish, astound, appal, surprise, scare etc. them?
If you hide and appear suddenly to someone, do you amaze, astonish, astound, appal, surprise, scare etc. them?
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SURPRISE is the general word you want here. e. something the person wasn't expecting.
- SURPRISE is the general word you want here.
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- something the person wasn't expecting.
- Jumping out in front of someone might also SCARE them, at least briefly, because their instinctive reaction would be fear that they might be attacked.
- The other words you list (amaze, astonish, astound, and appal) DO incorporate an element of SURPRISE, but they imply positive or negative feelings as well.
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SURPRISE is the general word you want here.
It just means to do something unexpected, i.e. something the person wasn't expecting.
Jumping out in front of someone might also SCARE them, at least briefly, because their instinctive reaction would be fear that they might be attacked.
The other words you list (amaze, astonish, astound, and appal) DO incorporate an element of SURPRISE, but t
It just means to do something unexpected, i.e. something the person wasn't expecting.
Jumping out in front of someone might also SCARE them, at least briefly, because their instinctive reaction would be fear that they might be attacked.
The other words you list (amaze, astonish, astound, and appal) DO incorporate an element of SURPRISE, but t
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