1. Theme: Ratatouille

2. Remy is unwilling to accede to the notion that he must live his life in a sewer.

3.  to yield to; to assume an office or dignity

4. When the owner of the house Remy’s family lives in chases them brandishing a rifle, they know they must leave.

5.  to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

6. Remy’s delicious dishes are comprised of a variety of ingredients.

7.  to include or contain; to be made of

8. The way in which Remy deftly turns an omelet, you would think he went to culinary school.

9.  skillful, nimble

10. Remy and his fellow rats are left nearly destitute when they are forced to live in the sewers.

11.  deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

12. Remy gives Alfredo Linguini explicit directions for cooking.

13.  definite, clearly stated

14. Skinner, who owns Gusteau’s, expects Linguini to extirpate the rats in the kitchen.

15.  to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

16. Linguini is caught talking to Remy at a very inopportune time.

17.  coming at a bad time; not appropriate

18. It’s ironic that rats manage to make food that is so delicious, since most people find their presence in a kitchen disgusting.

19.  suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony; sarcastic

20. The rats would certainly have found the sewers musty.

21.  stale, moldy; out-of-date

22. Skinner is definitely an officious boss, involving himself in everyone’s cooking.

23.  meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority

24. The health inspector finds the presence of hundreds of rats in the kitchen an ominous sign.

25.  unfavorable, threatening, of a bad omen

26. The pinnacle of Remy and Linguini’s career comes when Anton Ego writes a glowing review of their dish.

27.  a high peak or point

28. Having Remy and the other rats help him cook was definitely not a premeditated action on Linguini’s part – it was an accident based on his inability to do so himself.

29.  considered beforehand, deliberately planned

30. Linguini’s restaurant must close when it is discovered that rats are running rampant throughout it, but they reopen to serve rats.

31.  growing without check, running wild

32. Even though he loses his credibility as a restaurant critic, Ego takes considerable solace in the wonderful food Remy and Linguini cook.

33.  comfort, relief; to comfort, console

34. Skinner manipulated Gusteau’s stately reputation – selling burritos and other inferior frozen foods.

35.  dignified, majestic

36. The vegetables in the famous ratatouille must be supple and tender.

37.  bending easily; bending with agility; readily adaptable; servile

38. It is hard for many people in Ratatouille to suppress a scream when they learn that rats are cooking.

39.  to stop by force, put down

40. Skinner is clearly venal – he was planning to steal the restaurant from Linguini, who was Gasteau’s heir.

41.  open to or marked by bribery or corruption