populate v:

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• populate v
• to inhabit.
• Example Marlena realized she had no choice
  but to populate
• the dusty old house.
• 2. navigational adj.
• directional.
• Example She didnt have a great navigational
  sense, so
• she kept on getting lost trying to find the
  stairs.
• ironic adj.
• meaning the opposite of what is literally said.
• Example It was ironic that Marlena ended up
  wandering
• around lost she had always sworn that she
  would never
• return to her childhood home, but it was still
  a place of many
• memories.
• palpable adj.
• easily felt obvious.

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• apprehensive/apprehensively adj./adv.
• nervous, uneasy, fearful
• Example Marlena started to feel apprehensive
  as she climbed the creaky stairs to her old
  bedroom on the third floor of the house.
• nurturer n.
• a caregiver.
• Example She was surprised when a pang of
  regret hit her as she peered into her old
  nursery at the cradle she had never thought of
  herself as a nurturer.
• 7. disposition n.
• a persons temperament ones usual attitude or
  mood.
• Example The feeling of sadness that hit her
  was unusual and did not fit her typical cheery
  disposition.
• 8. prominent/prominently adj./adv.
• important or distinguished.
• Example The rich oak frames on the furniture
  reminded her that she came from a very prominent
  family.

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9. transgression n a violation of a
rule. Example Realizing that she was
remembering back to old times, Marlena thrust
her chin in the air defiantly there was no need
to commit a transgression of her own rules. 10.
adherence n. obedience to a rule. Example
She was a rule-follower always had been, and
always would be and adherence was important to
her. 11. chastisement n. a
punishment. Example As she left the nursery,
Marlena gave herself a chastisement. You cant
do that, Mar, she told herself sternly. 12.
serene/serenely/serenity adj./adv./n calm,
peaceful Example By the time she reached her
room, she had her emotions under control and
felt more serene.