Vocabulary: Charlotte's Web (Chapters 6-10)

What is the meaning of 'swathes'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• Uneasy feelings that make one hesitate to do things that are wrong

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body

What is the meaning of 'interlude'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• Uneasy feelings that make one hesitate to do things that are wrong

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body

What is the meaning of 'unremitting'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• Never stopping; incessant

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body

What is the meaning of 'scruples'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• Uneasy feelings that make one hesitate to do things that are wrong

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body

What is the meaning of 'compunctions'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• guilty feelings

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body

What is the meaning of 'anesthetic'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• Uneasy feelings that make one hesitate to do things that are wrong

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body

What is the meaning of 'conspiracy'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• A plot; a secret plan made by two or more people in order to do something harmful

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body

What is the meaning of 'hysterics'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• Uneasy feelings that make one hesitate to do things that are wrong

• A wildly emotional out-of-control reaction

What is the meaning of 'oblige'?

• To do a favor for someone in order to please him or her

• A period of time between two events

• Uneasy feelings that make one hesitate to do things that are wrong

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body

What is the meaning of 'surly'?

• Rows of grain or grass that fall when they get cut

• A period of time between two events

• Cranky; unfriendly

• A substance that keeps one from feeling pain in one's body