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"Mrs. Phelps, slightly taken aback at the arrival of such a tiny girl unaccompanied by a parent."
Define unaccompanied
alone
by herself
not having someone else with them
"This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cosy corner devouring one book after another."
Give a synonym for glorious
wonderful
enjoyable
great
super
"Mrs. Phelps was stunned."
Give an antonym of stunned
not surprised
bored
"The parents instead of applauding her, called her a noisy chatterbox."
Use applauding in a sentence.
Example: The audience was applauding the performers after their play.
"Mrs. Phelps was concerned about the child's safety."
Define concerned
worried
"Mrs. Phelps, slightly taken aback at the arrival of such a tiny girl unaccompanied by a parent."
Define taken aback
surprised
shocked
"She doesn't encourage reading books."
Give a synonym for encourage
support
(want her to)
"It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading."
Give an antonym for pleasant
bad
unenjoyable
"This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cosy corner devouring one book after another."
Use devouring in a sentence.
Example: He was devouring his food after a long day of playing outside.
"The books transported her to new worlds."
Define transported
took
carry
"For some reason she found herself instinctively walking past that particular shelf."
Define instinctively
without thinking
naturally
"Mrs. Phelps who had been watching her with fascination for weeks."
Give a synonym for fascination
interest
surprise
"Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood looked forward enormously to the time when they could pick their little daughter off and flick her away."
Give an antonym for enormous
small
little
tiny
"She was totally absorbed in the wonderful adventures of Pip and Miss Havisham"
Used absorbed in a sentence.
Example: She absorbed the information for her test tomorrow.
The sponge absorbed the water.
"She decided not to interfere."
Define interfere
get in the way
"Her mind was so nimble and she was so quick to learn."
quick
able to think quickly
"At the age of four, she could read fast and well and she naturally began hankering after books."
Give a synonym of hankering
looking for
trying to find
wanting more
"Her father refused to buy her a book."
Give an antonym for refused
agreed
"Almost anyone else witnessing the achievements of thsi small child would have been tempted to make a great fuss.
Use tempted in a sentence
Example: She was tempted to eat cookies before dinner, but she didn't want to get in trouble.
"Just mooch around and watch the telly."
Define mooch
lay around
hang around
be a couch potato
"They become so blinded by adoration they manage to convince themselves that their child has qualities of genius.
Define adoration
Adoration means to love deeply. To adore.
"School teachers suffer a good deal from having to listen to this sort of twaddle from proud parents."
Give a synonym for twaddle
foolish talk
silly talk
rubbish
baloney
Mrs. Phelps was astounded by Matilda's reading ability.
Give an antonym of astounded.
unsurprised
not shocked
The list of books Matilda could read at the age of four was formidable.
Use formidable in a sentence
intimidating
impressive
intense
large
"But Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives.."
Define gormless
lacking intelligence
not smart