1.spindle
The old woman put down her spindle and smiled kindly on Lizette.
2.wary
People did not teach their children to be wary of strangers.
3.plummet
In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day.
4.limply
Why to have a fever can accompany have a headache, sore throat? Although good, still have a headache, sore throat, limply ?
5.grubby
His white coat was grubby and stained.
6.decrepit
The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
7.baleful
He watched her balefully.
8.smoulder
The wreckage was still smouldering several hours after the crash.
9.somber
His room is sombre and dark.
10.plumage
Emu: a large Australian flightless bird, similar to the ostrich but with three-toed feet and grey or brown plumage.
11.stomp
He turned his back on them and stomped offup the hill.
12.disembodied
A disembodied voice sounded from the backof the cabin.
13.stampede
There was a stampede for the exit.
14.antic
As Johnson cycles through this trio of narrations, the plot takes on an antic cast.
15.pompous
He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
16.bout
He was recovering from a severe bout of flu.
17.snide
He made a snide comment about her weight.
18.comeuppance
The central character is a bad man who shoots people and gets his comeuppance.
19.interrogate
I interrogated everyone even slightly involved.
20.stupefy
He was stupefied with alcohol.
21.banister
I still remember sliding down the banisters.
22.ecstatically
When he sees these familiar, angel-like creatures, he wants to get close to them, to smell them, to touch them.He starts reaching out ecstatically to touch each butterfly.
23.gleeful
He took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be.
24.keel
He keeled over after having a stroke.
25.writhe
He was writhing in agony.
26.morose
She was morose, pale, and reticent.