- clad: dressed; wearing
- conformity: acting according to general rules or standards
- contract: to draw together; shrink
- delirious: wildly irrational; mentally wandering
- leery: wary, suspicious
- ruefully: regretfully; sorrowfully
- stricken: tortured; agonized; heartbroken
- stupor: state of being dazed or confused
- taunt: not slack; pulled tight
- underprivileged: needy; lacking what others have