shame
noun
a guilty and embarrassed feeling that you have when you or someone else has behaved badly
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embarrassment
noun
a feeling of being nervous or ashamed because of what people know or think about you
inhibition
noun
a feeling of being embarrassed or not confident that makes it difficult to relax and do or say what you want to
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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