This document defines and provides examples for various vocabulary words including: madras (a type of cotton cloth), cowlick (a tuft of hair that sticks up), unfathomable (impossible to understand), savvy (having good practical knowledge), aloof (not friendly), impersonally (lacking personality), ornery (bad-tempered), resignedly (accepting without complaining), ruefully (causing pity), hermit (withdrawn from society), premonition (a feeling something will happen), reluctantly (unwilling feelings), sullen (showing bad humor), eluded (evaded skillfully), imploringly (appealing urgently), gallant (behaving bravely), indign