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

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)

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

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)

"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)

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)

"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)

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)

"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)