Suspense
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CARE
Attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

FEAR
An anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

ZEAL
Prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle"

STEW
Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

LUCK
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

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ANGST
An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

DOUBT
Uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"

DREAD
Fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

UPSET
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

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APATHY
An absence of emotion or enthusiasm

CHANCE
A risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"

PUCKER
An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

STASIS
Inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces

STRAIN
The act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

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ANXIETY
A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

CONCERN
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

ENTROPY
(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

HANGING
A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

INERTIA
A disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"

LANGUOR
Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"

LATENCY
The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it

MALAISE
Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

TENSION
The physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"

TROUBLE
An effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

TROUBLE
An effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

WAITING
The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"