Umbrella [uhm-brel-uh]: Something that covers or protects.

"She was one of them, with the umbrellas."

Solitary [sol-i-ter-ee]: Alone; without companions; unattended.

"Take me with you, I don’t think I could bear to leave your side for a moment."

Pococurante [poh-koh-koo-ran-tee]: A careless or indifferent person.

"Surely she understands that should she be permanently altered that I will suffer as well? Irritatingly, it doesn’t appear so."

Palpitate [pal-pi-teyt]: to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter

"My own heart is racing, pumping faster and faster until I am in complete awe that she can’t feel it hammering inside my chest."

Velleity [vuh-lee-i-tee]: a mere wish, unaccompanied by an effort to obtain it.

"Now they are mere memories, and it is too late for anything to be done about them."

Chagrin [shuh-grin]: a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.

"She doesn’t believe in the man taking care of the woman, she believes in love, and that’s basically it."