Building vocabulary The short story may contains some words that you don’t understand. However, this doesn’t prevent you from understanding the story. Find the following words in the text (they are in bold), work out the meanings from the context (situation) and match each word to its meaning.
LITERACY BEING CREATIVE
1. claustrophobic (adj.)
2. ecru (noun) 3. reptilian (adj.)
(a) To do something that shows you are sorry for something bad that you did or for something that you failed to do.
MANAGING INFORMATION AND THINKING (b) To spread beliefs or ideas about something.
(c) To be indecisive, or to change often between two opinions.
WORKING WITH OTHERS
4. spigot faucet (noun) (d) Difficult to do or needing a lot of effort. 5. serenity (noun)