vocabulary

Vocabulary for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (These are some of the difficult words but, if you find other, please write them down here, define them using a [|dictionary] and give an example if necessary)  Extraordinary - Beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly exceptional; remarkable; wonderful Page 9 - Mr. Willy Wonka is the most amazing, the most fantastic, the most ** extraordinary **chocolate maker the world has ever seen!

Ordinary - Of no exceptional ability, degree, or quality; average; normal; usual Page 14 - Not people, Charlie. Not ** ordinary ** people, anyway.

Absurd - Ridiculously out of place or unreasonable; ridiculous; silly; strange; bizarre Page 18 - "But Grandpa, who," cried Charlie, "who is Mr. Wonka using to do all the work in the factory?" "Nobody knows, Charlie." "But that's ** absurd **! Hasn't someone asked Mr. Wonka?"

Rummage - look for, search thoroughly. hunt Page 35 - The old man gave Charlie a sly grin, and then he started** rummaging ** under his pillow with one hand; and when the hand came out again, there was an ancient leather purse clutched in the fingers.

Vital - Necessary to the continuation of life; essential; crucial; critical Page 37 - Nobody in the family gave a thought now to anything except the two vital problems of trying to keep warm and trying to get enough to eat. --- Dumbfounded - as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; surprised; speechless; taken aback; flabbergasted; amazed Page 64 - The children and their parents were too flabbergasted to speak. The were staggered. They were dumfounded. NOTE: Dumbfounded may be spelled without the b - dumfounded.

Mischievous - Playful in a naughty or teasing way; ill-behaved; naughty Page 71 - I must warn you, though, that they are rather mischievous. They like jokes.

Ludicrous - Laughable or hilarious because of obvious silliness; ridiculous; foolish; preposterous; outrageous Page 100 - She chewed in the church and on the bus It really was quite ludicrous!

Mound - A raised pile; a heap; stack Page 110 - On the table, there were mounds and mounds of walnuts, and the squirrels were all working away like mad, shelling the walnuts at a tremendous speed.

Trod - To press beneath the feet; trample; crushed; squashed; flattened Page 134 - We can't send him back to school like this! He'll get trod upon! He'll get squashed!

Hover - To remain floating, hanging or fluttering in the air Page 150 - The great glass elevator was now hovering high over the town.  -