Phantom Tollbooth Vocab

The Vocab quiz will be November 29th

Dejectedly

Unhappily, in a disappointed way, without hope

Punctuate

Interrupt or intersperse (an activity)

Genuine

Real, and exactly what it appears to be

Turnpike

A main road that you usually have to pay to use

Impractical

Not naturally good at doing useful jobs such as making or repairing things

Sanity

The state of having a healthy mind and not being mentally ill

Drowsy

Being in a state between sleeping and being awake

Lethargic

Having little energy; feeling unwilling and unable to do anything

Ridiculous

Stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at

Indignant

Angry because of something that is wrong or not fair

Dawdle

To do something or go somewhere very slowly, taking more time than is necessary

Dilly-dally

To waste time, especially by being slow, or by not being able to make a decision

Procrastinate

To keep delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring

Strenuous

Needing or using a lot of physical or mental effort or energy

Gruff

Low and unfriendly, or (of a person's behavior) unfriendly or showing no patience

Immense

Extremely large in size or degree

Proclaim

To announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive

Acknowledge

To accept, admit, or recognize something, or the truth or existence of something

Clumsy

Adjective for describing people who do not behave in a careful, controlled way

Tempting

Want to do or have it

Impostor

A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others

Slavish

Obeying completely and having no original thoughts or ideas

Sprawl

To spread the arms and legs out carelessly and untidily while sitting or lying down

Persistently

Doing something in a determined but often unreasonable way

Suspicious

Making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong

Menacingly

In a way that suggests the presence of danger

Startle

To do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal

Commendable

Deserving praise 

Ambition

a strong wish to achieve something

Barren

unable to produce plants or fruit

Reconcile

 to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together

Prosper

(of a person or a business) to be or become successful, especially financially

Ominously

in a way that suggests that something unpleasant is likely to happen

Harrowing

Distressing, frightening 

Flattery

False or insincere praise

Gallant

Brave, heroic

Promontory

Long narrow mountainous area of land reaching out into the sea 

Subsequent

Coming after something in time

Emphatically

In a forceful way

Cascade

Pour downwards rapidly and in large quantities

Gaunt

Lean and haggard

Repas

Meal

Glistened

To reflect a sparkling light

Profusion

An abundance or large quantity of something

Somber

Dark or dull in color or tone

Spectrum

A band of colors, as seen in a rainbow

Pirouetted

An act of spinning on one foot

Luminous

Full of or shedding light

Darted

Move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly