looking at something fondly

a thread-like, spiraled stem used for attachment

to slope or lean

to laugh in a nervous or silly way

making an echoing sound; impressively thorough or complete

expected hopefully

deliberately cruel or violent

a warning in advance

carefully

a spiny tree or shrub

settlers who owned/bred cattle

gave a musical performance, especially one for a sweetheart

to gather together

blamed with angry words

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

compassionate

impulsive and unpredictable

the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

larger or shaped differently on one side than on another

Level of achievement or authority; standing

sad and lonely

Sarcastically challenging or insulting

He sat for hours just _______________ into space

He could feel the ______________ curling around his legs

He came to a halt at the edge of a steep _____________.

The children were ________________ and nudging each other

The astronaut was welcomed with joyous , ________________ acclaim.

We ________________ her winning first prize.

___________________ thugs attacked an elderly man

He had an unshakable ___________________ that he would die.

She walked ____________________ up the drive towards the door.

In my youth, before becoming a farmer and ____________, I was a bank employee.

I've always thought it would be so romantic to be _____________________.

Crowds began to __________________ to hear the President's speech.

my mother _________________ me for not doing my homework.

After several years of dealing with her husband's cheating, bitterness and ________________ had built up in the wife's heart

The ________________ businessman gave money to the homeless man begging for money on the street

Since he started taking the medication, Henry has been less ____________________