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Vocab 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm |
| distraught | disturbed with doubt or painful feelings |
| disposition | one's usual attitude or mood |
| transgression | the spread of the sea over land areas and the consequent unconformable deposit of sediments on older rocks |
| awe | a feeling of mixed fear, respect, and wonder |
| enhance | to increase or improve in value, desirability, or attractiveness |
| adherence | steady or faithful attachment |
| fret | to cause to suffer emotional strain |
| aptitude | a natural ability |
| appeal | a legal proceeding by which a case is brought to a higher court for review |
| chastise | To punish |
| reluctantly | Unwillingly, hesitantly |
| remorse | Deep regret or guilt |
| dwelling | housing |
| regulate | Control, maintain |
| serene | Peaceful, calm |
| tabulated | Counted (as in a result) |
| frail | Weak, delicate |
| nuisance | Annoyance, annoying |
| labor | Work, childbirth |