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Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • VAGOs

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repulsive
  • Adjective
  • Causing dislike
  • Synonym Disgusting
  • Etymology

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morsel
  • noun
  • A small portion or quantity
  • Synonym a bite, a smidgen
  • Etymology

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infest
  • verb
  • To occur in large numbers so as to be harmful in
    a troubling manner
  • Synonym overrun
  • Etymology Latin infestare, from infestus hostile

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colossal
  • Adjective
  • Extraordinarily large
  • Synonym huge
  • Etymology Latin, from Greek kolossos

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alter
  • verb
  • To make or become different
  • Synonym to change
  • Etymology from Latin alter other (of two) akin
    to Latin alius other

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culprit
  • noun
  • One who is guilty of some crime or misdeed
  • Synonym offender
  • Etymology
  • Anglo-French cul. (abbreviation of culpable
    guilty)
  • prest, prit ready (i.e., to prove it),
  • from Latin praestus

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tamper
  • verb
  • To interfere or meddle in a way that causes harm
  • Synonym
  • fiddle (with), fool (with), mess (with), monkey
    (with), play (with), tinker (with)
  • Etymology temprer to temper, mix, meddle

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chocolate
  • Noun
  • 1. a beverage made by mixing chocolate with water
    or milk
  • 2  a food prepared from ground roasted cacao
    beans
  • 3  a small candy with a center (as a fondant)
    and a chocolate coating
  • 4  a brownish gray
  • Etymology Spanish, from Nahuatl chocolatl,
    probably alteration of eastern Nahuatl dialect
    chikolatl, from chikolli hook (probably used to
    refer to the beater used to mix chocolate with
    water) atl water, liquid
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