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scared a more informal word than afraid , which is used more in spoken than written English: I'm really scared of heights. ♦ Everyone was too scared to move. ♦ The thieves got scared and ran away. ♦ Are you scared about the exam tomorrow?

frightened a more formal word than afraid , which is used more in written than spoken English: a frightened child ♦ She is not frightened of anything. ♦ He was frightened that the glass would break. terrified very afraid: to be terrified of spiders ♦ He was terrified that he would fall. ♦ You look terrified!

scarf / skarf / noun

[count] ( plural scarves

/ skarvz / )

a piece of material that you wear around your neck to keep warm

scar • let / ' skarlat / adjective having a bright red color ► scar • let noun [ noncount ]

SCar -У© / skeri/ adjective ( scar . i . er , scar . i . est )

making you feel afraid a scary ghost story

scat • ter / ' skretar / verb ( scat ters , scat . ter . ing , scat . tered )

to move quickly in different directions The crowd scattered when it started to rain.

to throw things so that they fall in a lot of different places Scatter the grass seed over the lawn.

sce • nar • i • o AWL / sa 'neriou / noun [ count ] ( plural sce . nar . i . os )

one way that things may happen in the future

A likely scenario is that we will have to close down the

factory.

scene / sin / noun

[count]

the place where something happened The police arrived at the scene of the crime.

part of a play or movie

Today we're going to look at Act 1, Scene 2 of the play.

what you see in a place

He painted scenes of life on a farm.

scen • er • y / ' sinari / noun [noncount]

the things like mountains, rivers, and trees that you see around you in the country

What beautiful scenery!

things on the stage of a theater that make it look like a real place

sce • nic / ' sinik / adjective

having beautiful views of things such as mountains, rivers, and trees

We took a scenic drive along the coast.

scent / sent / noun [ count, noncount ]

a pleasant smell

These flowers have no scent.

the smell that an animal leaves behind and that other animals can follow

scent • ed / ' sentad / adjective

having a nice smell scented candles

sched .ule Ф E / ' sked3al / Q

1 a plan or list of times when things will happen or be done

have a busy schedule next week.

We're behind schedule (= late ) with the project. Filming began on schedule (= at the planned time ) .

a list that shows when planes, buses, etc. arrive at and leave a particular place

Do you have a train schedule?

scheme1awЩ / skim / noun [ count ]

a plan to do something, especially something bad or illegal Police discovered a scheme to steal paintings worth nearly a million dollars.

scheme 2 aw Щ / skim / verb ( schemes , schem ing , schemed )

to make secret or dishonest plans to do something She felt that they were all scheming against her.

schiz • o • phre • ni • a / |skitsa' frinia / noun [noncount]

( HEALTH ) a serious mental illness in which a person confuses the real world and the world of the imagination

schiz • o • phre • nic / iskitsa' frenik / adjective

schol • ar / ' skalar / noun [ count ]

a person who has learned a lot about a particular subject a famous history scholar

a person who has been given a scholarship to help pay for their studies