eerie

Scary

"This is an eerie place at night."

permanently connected

"His bony hands grip the cart as if they are welded there."

rut

pavement hole or depression

"A wheel on the cart catches in a rut."

an enormous appetite; always hungry

"Tim is always hungry. Do you have hollow legs, too?"

strange, different

"He stands there searching my face with his queer light eyes."

situation; job or task

"He is in charge of this operation."

empty; abandoned

"The parking lot is almost deserted."

the worst one; the one who was the lowest in value or quality

"I would pick the worst of the lot when there were fifty good ones."