Vocabulary for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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.
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absurd - Ridiculously out of place or unreasonable; ridiculous; silly; strange; bizarre
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"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?"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ludicrous - Laughable or hilarious because of obvious silliness; ridiculous; foolish; preposterous; outrageous
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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.
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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!
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hover - To remain floating, hanging or fluttering in the air
Page 150 - The great glass elevator was now hovering high over the town. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~