Vocabulary

reluctant – If someone is reluctant to do something, he or she does not want to
do it.
rumpled – Something is rumpled if it is wrinkled or messy.
surge – If you feel a surge of a particular feeling, you feel it suddenly and very
strongly.
inspecting – Someone who is inspecting something is looking at it very
carefully.
taut – Something that is taut has been stretched or pulled very tightly.
untangled – If you untangled something, you untied knots in it or straightened it
if it was twisted.
resounded – If a place resounded, then it became filled with sound.
lurked – If something lurked somewhere, it waited there quietly hidden, usually
before doing something bad.