2. Which would you be more reluctant to do – clean your room or play outside? Why? If someone is reluctant to do something, he or she does not want to do it.

3. How can you keep clothes from becoming rumpled? Something is rumpled if it is wrinkled or messy.

4. What surge of emotion might you feel if you found a lost pet? If you feel surge of a particular feeling, you feel it suddenly and very strongly.

5. If you were inspecting a bicycle you wanted to buy, which parts would you look at? Someone who is inspecting something is looking at it very carefully.

6. Does a wire used by a high-wire artist have to be taut? Why? Something that is taut has been stretched or pulled very tightly.

7. How could you untangle a fishing line? If you untangled something, you untied knots in it or straightened it if it was twisted.

8. What noises resounded from the playground today? If a place resounded, then it became filled with sound.

9. If a coyote lurked near a chicken coop, would you worry? Why or why not? If something lurked somewhere, it waited there quietly hidden, usually before doing something bad.