Concept vocabulary

distress

• unhappiness or pain

• act of making something better or less painful

• a person or thing that improves something unsatisfactory

amelioration

• strong dislike

• act of making something better or lesspainful

• act of making something better or less painful

aversion

• state of being unable to breathe

• strong dislike

• without energy or interest

listlessly

• without energy or interest

• strong dislike

• state of being unable to breathe

asphyxiation

• strong dislike

• something that can be improved

• state of being unable to breathe

travail

• something that can be improved

• difficult situation or work

• a person or thing that improves something unsatisfactory

Her mouth grew stiff with pain and _____________.

I felt an instant _________ to his parents.

She died from __________, the seat belt crushed her windpipe.