List Words
Matter-of-fact
Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.
Warning
of Warn
Speaking
of Speak
Vivid
True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.
Strip
To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; t..
Madly
In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.
Exploration
The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries
Swift
Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.
Chargeable
That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.
Careen
To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.
Glowworm
A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal ..
Determinative
Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
Lively
Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
Recent
Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recen..
Slam-bang
With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.
Minikin
A little darling; a favorite; a minion.
Splendrous
Alt. of Splendorous
Belay
To lay on or cover; to adorn.
Levitation
Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
Superb
Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.
Dwarf
An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.
Hinder
Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
Downy
Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
Canvass
To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.
Groat
An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.
Extending
of Extend
Perishability
Perishableness.
Parity
The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.
Disemploy
To throw out of employment.
Flashy
Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.
Suitability
The quality or state of being suitable; suitableness.
Periodic
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine.
Confidentness
The quality of being confident.
Chamber
A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
Exportation
The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
Indicatory
Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.
Omitted
of Omit
Sale
See 1st Sallow.
Teeming
of Teem
But
Except with; unless with; without.
Braiding
of Braid
Vim
Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.
Stammer
To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
Gaiety
Same as Gayety.
Charismatic
Of or pertaining to a charism.
Monitor
One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
Internecine
Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive.
Observance
The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath ..
Trumpery
Deceit; fraud.
Equanimity
Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.
Random Quote
"Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. 'Are you feeling all right?' I asked her. 'I feel all sleepy,' she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was...in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. ...I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was ‘James and the Giant Peach’. That was when she was still alive. The second was ‘The BFG’, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children."
I just checked google books for BFG, and the dedication is there.
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/_/quybcXrFhCIC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Roald Dahl, 1986
