diff --git a/glove/glove.py b/glove/glove.py
index ec90ca3..7068bd4 100644
--- a/glove/glove.py
+++ b/glove/glove.py
@@ -307,3 +307,21 @@ def most_similar_paragraph(self, paragraph, number=5, **kwargs):
         paragraph_vector = self.transform_paragraph(paragraph, **kwargs)
 
         return self._similarity_query(paragraph_vector, number)
+
+    def return_word_vector(self, word):
+        """
+        returns glove vector corresponding to word
+        """
+
+        if self.word_vectors is None:
+            raise Exception('Model must be fit before querying')
+
+        if self.dictionary is None:
+            raise Exception('No word dictionary supplied')
+
+        try:
+            word_idx = self.dictionary[word]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise Exception('Word not in dictionary')
+
+        return self.word_vectors[word_idx]