I can see that I'm going to have to ________ as many of you as possible as soon as possible to save myself from going round the bend.(make somebody leave a school)
expel
Natural history was not her strong point. She hadn't the _______ idea what this thing was.(weakest, slightest)
faintest
The newt was still ________ in the tall glass of water.(twisting/wiggling the body)
squirming
"Stand up at once, you filthy little maggot!" __________, Matilda got to her feet.(not willingly)
Reluctantly
I shall have you drummed out of this establishment in _______ disgrace!
utter
The newt clutched __________ at the cotton smock where it covered the great chest and there it clung with its little claw-like feet.(extremely, frantically in bad situations)
desperately
With the power of her eyes alone she had __________ a glass of water ___ tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress, and anybody who could do that could do anything.(forced ~ to do something)
compelled ~ to
Matilda decided that the one person she would like to ________ in was Miss Honey.(tell somebody secrets, confess)
confide
The power was beginning to _______, and the hotness was coming into the eyeballs. Then the millions of tiny invisible arms with hands on them were shooting out towards the glass.(rush, increase)
surge
It was more likely that she was simply allowing her _______ imagination to run away with her.(bright, colorful)
vivid
