| Term | Definition |
| visitor | a gues |
| admonition | a gentle or friendly warning |
| watchdog | a dog that is kept to guard a house or a property |
| armchair | a chair with parts on both sides that support a person's arms or elbows |
| bundle | a number of things tied or wrapped together |
| whimpered | to cry with weak broken sounds |
| respect | to have or show honor or consideration for |
| professor | A teacher having a rank in a college or university |
| bounded | to leap, spring, or jump |
| household | a place where people live; home |
| arrival | the act of arriving |
| obscure | hard to understand; not clearly expressed |
| dialect | a form of language that is spoken in a particular area by a particular group of people |
| translated | to say in or change into another language |
| crate | a box made of slats of wood |
| comfortable | giving ease or comfort |
| anxious | nervous, worried, or fearful about what may happen |
| squeezed | to press hard |
| argument | a discussion of something by people who don't agree |
| flicker | to burn with an unsteady or wavering light |