A dog whistle makes a high-pitched sound that is only audible to dogs.

"I wish I had my spectacles" the old librarian said squinting to read the book.

The flood caused mold to grow on the walls of the house making it uninhabitable.

Our dog gnawed on his bone all evening.

Emily's mom sternly told her to finish her chores because she had taken long enough.

To prepare for the dance, we adorned the walls of the gym with balloons and streamers.

The speaker told an amusing anecdote about his dog.

We laughed during the play at the dialogue between the hero and his silly partner.

The chewing gum plummeted to the ground when he spat it out from the 5th floor window.

Pioneer women had hard lives. They labored in their homes and in the fields, caring for their families and the crops.

What does labored mean?

We could hear the shouts and laughter of the children playing a boisterous game on the playground.

What does boisterous mean?

Before we crawled into our sleeping bags, Dad quenched the campfire with a bucket of water.

What does quenched mean?

Scott could not find his glasses anywhere. He worried that he might have thrown them away when he was cleaning his room. He began to rummage through the garbage hoping that he would find them.

What does the word rummage mean?