James and the Giant Peach Vocab week 1

What does the word mammoth mean?

• horrible; dreadful

• huge; gigantic

• a cruel person

• giving off light, shining

What does the word shilling mean?

• someone or something that is annoying

• an old type of British money

• giving off light, shining

• a cruel person

What does the word nuisance mean?

• someone or something that is annoying

• to signal with a movement of the head or hand

• a cruel person

• in a state of terrible disrepair

What does the word ramshackle mean?

• unusual

• horrible; dreadful

• someone or something that is annoying

• in a state of terrible disrepair

What does the word desolate mean?

• someone or something that is annoying

• in bad condition; ruined

• huge; gigantic

• giving off light, shining

What does the word peculiar mean?

• a cruel person

• huge; gigantic

• unusual

• giving off light, shining

What does the word ghastly mean?

• a cruel person

• horrible; dreadful

• in bad condition; ruined

• someone or something that is annoying

What does the word brute mean?

• a cruel person

• to signal with a movement of the head or hand

• an old type of British money

• someone or something that is annoying

What does the word beckoning mean?

• giving off light, shining

• to signal with a movement of the head or hand

• an old type of British money

• in a state of terrible disrepair

What does the word luminous mean?

• huge; gigantic

• unusual

• in a state of terrible disrepair

• giving off light, shining