Embera hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fireBleakoffering little or no hopeMournfeel sadnessDelinquenta young offenderRecurringcoming backExploita notable achievementOutcasta person who is rejected (from society or home)Criticalbeing in or verging on a state of crisis or emergencyFalterhesitate; stumble; waverOrnerygrumpy; hard to pleaseScarcedeficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; if something is scarce, there isn't much of it around.