1. Lesson 1 Vocabulary List
The Phantom Tollbooth
Period 2

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.

3. 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.

4. Lethargic (adj) being drowsy, sluggish, and inactivity
Sentence- I was very lethargic after running 26.2 miles at a marathon.

5. 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.

6. Bad repute; disfavored
Disrepute (noun)
Bad repute; disfavored
The disrepute child tried to make friends at his school.

7. Strenuous (adjective)
(1.)Characterized by or calling for vigorous exertion
(2. )intensely active; energetic.
My brother, Alex finds playing in football games very strenuous.

8. sentence – The little walker dawdled the day away by watching a bee.
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.

9. Deject
Definition – (adjective) – depressed in sprits; disheartened. sentence – The football player was dejected because he lost a Superbowl game .

10. Tumult violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob.
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.

11. Monotonous adjective 1. Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone. 2
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.

12. 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.

13. Effusive
Adjective.
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.

14. surmise
The dad had to surmise who cleaned the room.

15. Nonsense, or pointless talk
The man complained complete balderdash about the law {no ice cream in your back pocket on Sunday.

16. Perilous By Ignacio Balasch Definition
Grave risk, something that might cause injury, loss, or destruction
Perilous
When you decide to fight somebody, you are taking a perilous decision.
By Ignacio Balasch
The firefighter made a perilous decision by trying to save the woman in the building on fire and not getting himself save first.

17. Peculiar Part of speech: The word Peculiar is an adjective
Definition:
Something that you don’t see every day meaning its very unusual and really weird you see.
Sentence: When I went Trick-Or-Treating a peculiar double headed man came to the door and gave me eye balls instead of candy.
Part of speech:
The word Peculiar is an adjective