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James and the Giant Peach Ch 13-24 Vocab.

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

gossamer

a)

disgusting

b)

light, thin, strong spider web

c)

going up

2.

repulsive

a)

full of energy, kind of crazy

b)

shrink up (like a grape)

c)

disgusting

3.

serenely

a)

calmly, peacefully

b)

do it again, continue

c)

wildly splashing

4.

disentangled

a)

disgusting

b)

untangle or untwist

c)

going up

5.

shriveling

a)

shrink up (like a grape)

b)

going up

c)

do it again, continue on

6.

pandemonium

a)

craziness, chaos

b)

wildly splashing

c)

calmly, peacefully

7.

threshing

a)

full of energy, kind of crazy

b)

light, thin, strong spider web

c)

wildly splashing

8.

ascent

a)

untangle or twist

b)

going up

c)

disgusting

9.

encore

a)

wildly splashing

b)

shrink up (like a grape)

c)

do it again, continue on

10.

rambunctious

a)

calmly, peacefully

b)

full of energy, kind of crazy

c)

going up

11.

I made it as soft and silky as I possibly could. I spun it with ______________.

a)

gossamer

b)

serenely

c)

shriveling

12.

Nothing could be worse than this desolate hilltop and those two ___________ aunts of yours.

a)

pandemonium

b)

disentangle

c)

repulsive

13.

A few seconds later, up it came again, and this time, up it stayed, floating _________ upon the surface of the water.

a)

threshing

b)

encore

c)

serenely

14.

Everybody was beginning slowly and painfully to ___________ himself from everybody else.

a)

pandemonium

b)

ascent

c)

disentangle

15.

I am dying already, I am slowly ___________ up for want of food.

a)

shriveling

b)

gossamer

c)

serenely

16.

Panic and ____________ broke out immediately on top of the peach.

a)

disentangle

b)

encore

c)

pandemonium

17.

All the time while they were waiting they could hear the sharks ________________ around in the water below them.

a)

encore

b)

threshing

c)

shriveling

18.

Even the Silkworm, looking white and thin and completely exhausted, came creeping out of the tunnel to watch this miraculous ______________.

a)

ascent

b)

repulsive

c)

pandemonium

19.

Miss Spider stood up and shouted, “Bravo! ___________! Give us some more!”

a)

shriveling

b)

threshing

c)

encore

20.

Why must you always be so rude and _____________ to everyone?

a)

rambunctious

b)

dientangled

c)

disentangle