Word of the Day Library

• abruptly: (adv.) suddenly, without warning
• acquired: (v.) obtained, got
• acquitted: (v.) found "not guilty" by a court of law
  
• apprehensive: (adj.) anxiously fearful
• agony: (n.) extreme pain
• bleak: (adj.) cold, cutting, dreary, gloomy
• clammy: (adj.) damp and sticky or cold
• circumstances: (n.) situation
• clenching: (v.) gripping firmly; locking tightly (as in teeth or fist)
• contempt: (n.) disdain, scorn
• contemptuously: (adv.) with scorn or disdain
• delirious: (adj.) temporarily mentally disturbed, as from fever or intoxication
• disgusted: (adj.) revolted, offended through the senses (smell, etc.)
• eluded: (v.) avoided or escaped by being fast or smart
• flinching: (v.) shrinking back as in pain or fear
• incredulous: (adj.) refusing to believe; skeptical
• indignant: (adj.) angry at something unfair or mean
• madras: (n.) cotton cloth woven in a plaid design
• miniature: (adj.) tiny
• premonition: (n.) an instinctive knowledge or fear of something that hasn't happened yet
• radiates: (v.) spreads from a center; like light rays from the sun
• subsides: (v.) sinks to a lower level
• underprivileged: (adj.) poor, deprived socially and economically from benefits other people have
• vaguely: (adv.) not clearly
• vital: (adj.) essential, necessary; important to life
• wistfully: (adv.) as if wishing or yearning