"Charlotte's Web"
by E. B White
1. runt - (noun) the smallest baby animal in a litter. Wilbur was called a
runt because he was small & weak and was not expected to amount to
anything.
2. litter - (noun) a group of baby animals born at the same time to one
mother is known as a litter. When Wilbur was born, he was part
of a pig litter.
3. goslings - (noun) baby geese. Remember when baby goslings were born in
the barn?
4. rigid - (adjective) When something or some one doesn't bend or is stiff,
it is said to be rigid. Fern sat rigid on her stool when she
came to visit the animals.
5. salutations - (noun) Salutations is a kind of greeting. Charlotte
said “Salutations!” to Wilbur when they met.
6. peered - (verb) Peered is a synonym for “looked”. When Wilbur was in his
large, wooden box early in the story, Fern would peer in, or look
in, on him.
7. vanished - (verb) When something has disappeared or no longer can be
seen, it has vanished. Wilbur would watch Fern’s bus every
morning until it disappeared, or vanished, around the bend.
8. radiant - (adjective) Someone who is radiant looks very healthy and
happy. Wilbur did a back flip and a half twist to prove to
Charlotte that he was radiant.
9. humble - (adjective) Humble means not proud. Wilbur was humble and
Charlotte wrote this word in her web.
10. gigantic - (adjective) This word is a synonym for huge or big. Templeton
became gigantic when he started eating so much of Wilbur’s
food at the end of the story. He began to look like a
woodchuck instead of a rat!