Lesson 1 Vocabulary List
The Phantom Tollbooth
Period 2
Doldrums
(n.) a state or period of
inactivity, stagnation, or
depression.
Sailors sometimes have difficulty when sailing in the
doldrums. Winds will be light causing boats to come to a
standstill, sometimes for days. Only sudden storms with
strong winds allow sailors to move on.
Indignant
(adj)- Feeling characterized by, or expressing indignation
of anger and frustration
Sentence- I felt indignant when I didn’t complete all my homework
before my baseball game so I could not play at the state
championships.
Lethargic
• (adj) being drowsy, sluggish, and inactivity
• Sentence- I was very lethargic after running
26.2 miles at a marathon.
Conciliatory
Definition: 1. Something done to reconcile, or to
make someone feel better. (goodwill, regard, or
favor)
Part of speech:
• Conciliative/tory- Adj
• Conciliatorily/tive- Adv
• Conciliatoriness/tive- N
Sentence: The goodwill store is conciliatory to the
people who need the cloths, or goods the most.
Disrepute (noun)
Bad repute;
disfavored
The disrepute child tried to make friends
at his school.
Strenuous (adjective)
(1.)Characterized by or
calling for vigorous
exertion
(2. )intensely active;
energetic.
My brother, Alex finds playing in
football games very strenuous.
Dawdle
Definition – (noun) – To waste
(time) by trifling; or to take up more
time than necessary; also to move
aimlessly or lackadaisically; idle
sentence – The little walker dawdled the day
away by watching a bee.
Deject
Definition – (adjective) – depressed in sprits;
disheartened.
sentence – The football player was dejected
because he lost a Superbowl game .
•Tumult
•
Noun
• violent and noisy
commotion or
disturbance of a crowd
or mob.
The Stealers fans were very
tumultuous when the
referee said it wasn't a
touchdown and a penalty
instead.
Monotonous
adjective
1. Sounded or spoken in an
unvarying tone.
2. Tediously repetitious or
lacking in variety.
School can seem very
monotonous because it’s a daily
requirement until you graduate.
Presume
Verb
To take for granted, assume, or suppose.
The little, old teacher presumed that the myth of Bigfoot
was fake because she had never seen it.
• Adjective.
Effusive
• Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; profuse
overflowing.
• The father was effusive to his kids after they threw paint on the
walls covering the expensive picture.
The dad
had to
surmise
who
cleaned
the room.
Nonsense, or pointless talk
The man complained complete
balderdash about the law {no ice
cream in your back pocket on Sunday.
Grave risk, something that might
cause injury, loss, or destruction
When you decide to fight
somebody, you are taking a
perilous decision.
The firefighter made a perilous
decision by trying to save the
woman in the building on fire and
not getting himself save first.
Definition:
• Something
that you don’t
see every day
meaning its
very unusual
and really
weird you see.
Part of speech:
The word
Peculiar is an
adjective
Peculiar
Sentence: When I
went Trick-OrTreating a peculiar
double headed man
came to the door and
gave me eye balls
instead of candy.