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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | The fear of what could happen next |
| distraught | Feeling upset |
| disposition | A person’s normal way of thinking or acting |
| transgression | Fault, mistake, offense |
| awe | The feeling of inspiration |
| enhance | To make someone or something greater |
| adherence | Full commitment |
| fret | Becoming worried or making someone worried |
| aptitude | The ability of doing something |
| appeal | When something is interesting to one's taste. To let something off the hook |
| chastise | To criticize harshly verbally |
| reluctantly | A task that is performed without giving your all |
| remorse | a deep regret coming from a sense of guilt for past wrongs |
| dwelling | A house |
| regulate | to fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of |
| serene | Fully calm. Clear weather. |
| tabulated | To count and record in an orderly way |
| frail | Being weak or not durable |
| nuisance | Something that is troublesome |
| labor | Physical work, Giving birth |