WorksheetsThe Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Vocabulary 1-15
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
inquisitive
"Lucy felt a little frightened, but she felt very inquisitive and excited as well."
an angry dispute
given to questioning
sadly
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
row
"There's sure to be a row if we're heard talking here."
angry dispute
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
control or power through legal authority
showing your contempt (hatred) by derision (disrespect)
wretched
"...and she'll wave her wand over my beautiful cloven hoofs and turn them into horrid solid hoofs like a wretched horse's."
showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
control or poser through legal authority
deserving or inciting pity
deliver to an enemy by treachery
sorrowfully
"It's no good now, you know, " said the Faun, laying down its flute and shaking its head at her very sorrowfully.
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
having a preference, disposition, or tendency
settle or come to rest
in a sorrowful manner; sadly; full of sadness
batty
"'Batty!' said Edmund, tapping his head. 'Quite batty.'"
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
a jerky pulling movement
having the pinkish glow of health
spiteful
"The two elder ones did this without meaning to do it, but Edmond could be spiteful, an don this occasion he was spiteful."
given to questioning
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
deliver to an enemy by treachery
showing malicious ill will and a desire to hut
sulk
"'Just like a girl,' said Edmund to himself, 'sulking somewhere, and won't accept an apology.'"
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
deserving or inciting pity
the process of giving careful thought to something
having the pinkish glow of health
dominion
"And how, pray, did you come to enter my dominions?"
a jerky pulling movement
control or power through legal authority
an angry dispute
the process of giving careful thought to something
flushed
"If I'd known you had got in I'd have waited for you," said Lucy, who was too happy and excited to notice how snappishly Edmund spoke or how flushed and strange his face was."
showing your contempt by derision
having a preference, disposition, or tendency
having the pinkish glow of health
settle or come to rest
jeering
"... what good do you thing you'll do by jeering and nagging at her one day and encouraging her the next?"
having a preference, disposition, or tendency
in a sorrowful manner; sadly; full of sadness
deserving or inciting pity
showing your contempt by derision
consideration
"'That is a point,' said the Professor, 'which certainly deserves consideration; very careful consideration.'"
the process of giving careful thought to something
settle or come to rest
a jerky pulling movement
showing malicious (wicked) ill will and a desire to hurt
inclined
"Peter saw to it that Edmund stopped jeering at her, and neither she nor anyone else felt inclined to talk about the wardrobe at all.
a jerky pulling movement
having a preference, disposition, or tendency
showing your contempt by derision (disrespect, ridicule)
settle or come to rest
wrench
"The door had been wrenched off its henges and broken to bits."
showing your contempt by derision (disrespect, ridicule)
full of sadness
a jerky pulling movement
settle or come to rest
alight
"Wherever the robin alighted a little shower of snow would fall off the branch."
a jerky pulling movement
having a pinkish glow of health
control or power through legal authority
settle or come to rest
betray
"Most of them are on our side, but there are trees that would betray us to her..."
settle or come to rest
deliver to an enemy by treachery (dirty trick)
showing your contempt by derision (disrespect, ridicule)
informal or slang term for mentally irregular
