List Words
Inapt
Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
Put
A pit.
Protector
One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.
Supersession
The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.
Appertain
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.
Magnetism
The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.
Apogeotropism
The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
Declension
The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
Geotropism
A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ.
Pounce
A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
Garnish
To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
Traction
The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
Allegorizing
of Allegorize
Lightening
of Lighten
Dedicate
Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Explicatory
Explicative.
Awakening
of Awaken
Maudlin
Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.
Attractivity
The quality or degree of attractive power.
Illustrative
Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate.
Obsess
To besiege; to beset.
Occupy
To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
Monopolize
To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopo..
Please
To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.
Preoccupy
To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.
Magnetize
To communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.
Delight
A high degree of gratification of mind; a high- wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.
Emerge
To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from ..
Reparation
The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.
Intempestive
Out of season; untimely.
Origin
The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
Brighten
To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
Misplaced
of Misplace
Onset
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
Intrusive
Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.
Dexterity
Right-handedness.
Mastery
The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
Efficacy
Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer.
Craft
Strength; might; secret power.
Fittedness
The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation.
Distract
Separated; drawn asunder.
Enraptured
of Enrapture
Artistry
Works of art collectively.
Wit
of Wit
Mask
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.
Ingeniousness
The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity.
Susceptibility
The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being affected.
Preaching
of Preach
Distraught
of Distract
Imprudent
Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.
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
