Phantom Tollbooth Vocab

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The Vocab quiz will be November 29th

50 Terms

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Dejectedly

Unhappily, in a disappointed way, without hope

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Punctuate

Interrupt or intersperse (an activity)

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Genuine

Real, and exactly what it appears to be

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Turnpike

A main road that you usually have to pay to use

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5

Impractical

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

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Sanity

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

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Drowsy

Being in a state between sleeping and being awake

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Lethargic

Having little energy; feeling unwilling and unable to do anything

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Ridiculous

Stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at

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Indignant

Angry because of something that is wrong or not fair

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Dawdle

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

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Dilly-dally

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

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Procrastinate

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

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Strenuous

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

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Gruff

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

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Immense

Extremely large in size or degree

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17

Proclaim

To announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive

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Acknowledge

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

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19

Clumsy

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

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20

Tempting

Want to do or have it

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Impostor

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

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22

Slavish

Obeying completely and having no original thoughts or ideas

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23

Sprawl

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

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Persistently

Doing something in a determined but often unreasonable way

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Suspicious

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

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Menacingly

In a way that suggests the presence of danger

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Startle

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

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Commendable

Deserving praise 

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Ambition

a strong wish to achieve something

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Barren

unable to produce plants or fruit

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Reconcile

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

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Prosper

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

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Ominously

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

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Harrowing

Distressing, frightening 

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35

Flattery

False or insincere praise

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Gallant

Brave, heroic

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37

Promontory

Long narrow mountainous area of land reaching out into the sea 

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Subsequent

Coming after something in time

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Emphatically

In a forceful way

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40

Cascade

Pour downwards rapidly and in large quantities

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Gaunt

Lean and haggard

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42

Repas

Meal

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Glistened

To reflect a sparkling light

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Profusion

An abundance or large quantity of something

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Somber

Dark or dull in color or tone

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Spectrum

A band of colors, as seen in a rainbow

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Pirouetted

An act of spinning on one foot

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Luminous

Full of or shedding light

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Darted

Move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly

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