ALARM ([page 28]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the derivation and distinctive meaning of alarm? 2. What do affright and fright express? Give an illustration of the contrasted terms. 3. How are apprehension, disquietude, dread, and misgiving related to the danger that[389] excites them? 4. What are consternation, dismay, and terror, and how are they related to the danger? 5. What is timidity?
ALERT ([page 28]).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what do alert, wide-awake, and ready refer? 2. How does ready differ from alert? from prepared? 3. What does prompt signify? 4. What is the secondary meaning of alert?
EXAMPLES.
To be —— for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving peace.
He who is not —— to-day will be less so to-morrow.