Never Let Me Go (Ch. 18-19)

solitude

being alone

wisecrack

witty remark; joke

acute

keen; highly sensitive

affirm

declare; state publicly

far cry

very different

unnerving

disconcerting; worrying

stonewall

delay by refusing to answer

stilted

stiff; awkward

vulnerable

exposed to attack or harm

wary

cautious

ordeal

long, painful experience

well-appointed

highly-equipped

fall short (of)

lack something

hub

centre of things

featureless

without interesting aspects

decipher

figure out; interpret

soppy

overly sentimental

emaciated

abnormally thin or weak

allude

hint at; mention

marshal

arrange; organise