James and the Giant Peach Chapter 17-22 Vocabulary

Front

indescribable - 'At this moment, the scene inside the peach itself was one of indescribable chaos.'

Back

defying expression

Front

move forward by leaping

Back

bound

Front

promptly

Back

at once, usually modifies an undesirable occurrence

Front

separate a twisted mass

Back

disentangle

Front

glimmer: 'Then a faint greenish light began to glimmer out of the Glow-worm’s tail, and this gradually became stronger and stronger until there was anyway enough to see by.'

Back

shine brightly, like a star or a light

Front

filled with melancholy and despondency

Back

gloomy

Front

giddy

Back

having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

Front

Meaning of 'mount' in the sentence: 'Amidst mounting excitement and shouts of “Here we go, boys! The Promised Land! I can’t wait to see it!” the whole company climbed up the ladder one by one and disappeared into a dark soggy tunnel in the ceiling that went steeply, almost vertically upward.'

Back

go up, advance, or increase

Front

perish (in the sentence: 'My dear Old Grasshopper, we are finished! Every one of us is about to perish! I may be blind, you know, but that much I can see quite clearly!')

Back

pass from physical life

Front

Wail: 'Nor can I,' wailed the Glow-worm.

Back

emit long loud cries