excruciating
extremely painful; agonizing, tedious
gawky
awkward and ungainly
rancid
tasting or smelling off
palpate
examine via touch
veneration
reverence; respect
riveting
very compelling
dire
urgent or serious
wry
mockingly humorous
morose
sullen
quietude
silence or stillness
memory
the mind's faculty for storing and remembering information
Scarborough
district in the eastern part of Toronto, Ontario
Toronto
most populous city in Canada and capital of the province of Ontario
Ontario
most populous province in Canada
live cable
wire with electrical current running through it
scarecrow
object made to look like a human and used in fields to scare birds from crops
faraway
distant; remote from immediate surroundings in a dreamy manner
Greyhound bus
intercity bus company
asphalt
dark road surface made from a mixture of petroleum-based pitch and gravel or sand
reinforced concrete
moldable building material in which steel or wire is embedded to increase strength
