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4th Charlie...Vocab
Charlie...Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| slabs | thick, flat, broad piece of something |
| absurd | ridiculous or illogical |
| colossal | very large |
| astonishing | amazing |
| nourishment | food that helps a person remain fit and healthy |
| suspense | excitement about how something will turn out |
| rummaging | searching through things to find something |
| gale | strong wind |
| ravenously | extremely hungry |
| pandemonium | a place or situation that is noisy and out of control |
| extraordinary | unusually excellent or strange |
| flabbergasted | completely amazed or astonished |
| smuggled | take or bring secretly |
| indignantly | angrily |
| yacht | a large boat used for cruising |
| treacle | molasses/sweet sticky syrup made from sugar |
| obstinately | stubbornly |
| wafting | floating gently through the air |
| dawdle | move slowly |
| incinerator | furnace for destroying things by burning them, especially used to burn trash |
| lift | elevator |
| tantrum | childish display of anger or bad temper |
| craned | to stretch the neck in order to get a better view of something |
| hovering | floating in the air without moving very far from the same spot |
| despair | to feel that there is no hope |