Vocabulary

depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression)

sharp; keen

newly arrived; new (arrival)

surpassing one's parents

parentless; orphaned

gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless

sharp; clear

essential; vital

desperate; hopeless

feeble; faint

insulated wire

tagged (esp. with a price)

unexpected

sudden; abrupt; unexpected

frantic; like mad

burning with curiosity; curious

strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard)

vaguely frightening; somehow terrifying; spooky

honest; upright; faithful; reliable

noisy; boisterous; turbulent

(enervating) attraction to books or learning

elegant or refined style

slight; insignificant; small

fast asleep; dead to the world

indecent; indelicate; dirty; vulgar; risqué

handsome

aesthetic

beautiful

artistic

showy; ostentatious

like this; this sort; this way

extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce

self-possessed; composed

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

suicidal

made by oneself; homemade

solidly built person

considerable; decent; respectable; full-fledged; fully fledged

leaving open; leaving ajar

open; openminded