"This is a very _________ and quiet little girl," you would have said to yourself.(clever, logical, smart)

He finished this one quicker than the other two and when that was done, he immediately picked up the knife and cut the next slice. In some _________ way, he seemed to be getting into his stride.(strange)

Lavendar ________ Matilda who had sworn her to secrecy about the parrot job she had brought off at home, and also the great hair-oil switch which had bleached her father's hair.(looked up to)

And unless for some reason you had started a discussion with her about literature or mathematics, you would never have known the _______ of her brain-power.(limit)

The only thing he knew for certain was that the law _________ the Trunchbull to hit him with the riding-crop that she kept smacking against her thigh.(banned)

"Well thrown, sir!" someone shouted from across the playground, and Matilda, who was __________ by the whole crazy affair, saw Amanda Thripp descending in a long graceful parabola on to the playing-field beyond.(fascinated)

His plump flabby face had turned grey with fearful _____________.(fear and worry)

"It's all for you. As you enjoyed that slice you had yesterday so very much, I ordered cook to bake you an extra large one all for yourself." Miss Trunchbull's voice became soft, __________, even gentle.(making another to do something)

"I'll be seeing you some time, you two." Then Hortensia __________ away.(walked slowly)

The two tiny ones, ____________ by this giant, kept a watchful silence.(faced)