| pedestrian | a person who walks, especially in a town |
| intersection | a place where roads cross |
| avenue | a broad street |
| sidewalk | (American English) a pavement |
| moonlit | lit by the moon |
| buckled | bent out of shape |
| misty | full of mist, foggy |
| tomb | a grave or burial chamber |
| graveyard | a burial ground, cemetery |
| phantom | a ghost |
| flickering | shining unsteadily |
| viewing screen | a television screen (in the story's future world) |
| hawk | a bird of prey with sharp eyes |
| desert | a dry, empty region |
| sneakers | (American English) soft rubber-soled shoes |
| unobserved | not seen |
| headlights | the main lights at the front of a vehicle |
| spellbound | so fascinated that one cannot move |
| entranced | filled with wonder, as if in a trance |
| metallic | like metal; hard, cold |
| profession | an occupation, a job |
| air conditioner | a machine that cools and cleans air indoors |
| antiseptic | very clean, free from germs; also cold and lifeless |
| psychiatric | to do with mental illness |
| regressive | going backwards to an earlier, less developed state |
| tendencies | habits, inclinations |
| dystopia | an imagined society in which life is bad and people are controlled |
| conformity | behaving in the same way as everyone else |
| alienation | the feeling of being cut off from others |
| isolation | being alone, separated from others |