Chocolate Fever

Vocabulary Words

By: Robert Kimmel Smith

Chapters

1-3

hatched

to emerge from an eggPage

13

verge

something that borders; on the edgePage

15

handy

something very useful that is near or closePage

15

midway

in the middle between two places or pointsPage

15

swished

to have moved with a small, sweeping sound of a swishPage

15

munch

to chew or eat something in a noisywayPage

19

shoving

to push away in a rough or careless wayPage

20

goofy

crazy or ridiculousPage

20

startling

very surprising; astonishingPage

22

riot

a noisy, violent publicdisorderPage

24

peered

to look intently withdifficultyPage

25

phenomenon

something that can be observed to exist thatis typically unusuallydifficult to understand or explainPage

25

prodded

to poke or jab with a finger or other objectPage

26

trickle

a small flow of liquidPage

28

twitched

to make a slight, sudden movement that is not controlled or deliberatePage

28

welled up

to come up as in feelings or thoughtsPage

28