Lesson 1 Vocabulary List

The Phantom TollboothPeriod 1

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.

Peculiar

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

Definition:• Something

that you don’t see every day meaning its very unusual and really weird you see.

Dawdle (noun) To waste time by taking to long to do something.

We dawdled away the whole morning by watching T.V and not doing our chores.

Dejected (Noun)

Buster felt dejected because he didn’t get to go on the family vacation. He is feeling

dejected because he wants to be with his family.

Dejected is a person having low spirits; depressed.

Lethargic (n.) The quality or state of being drowsy; Apathetic or sluggish, inactivity.

The teenager was lethargic after eating and drinking way too much after the Halloween party last night.

Presume (v)

1. To take for granted , assume or suppose 2. to take upon oneself without warrant or

permission 3. to rely or depend don't presume on his

agreement4. Law to take as proved until contrary

evidence is produced

I presumed I was allowed to go to the mall with friends , but I got an F on a test.

MONOTONOUS:Adjective(ADJ)

DEFINITION:1.Sounded or spoken in an

unvarying tone.2.Tediously repetitious or lacking

in variety.Synonym: Boring

People at school, at work, and other places it seems to be MONOTONOUS! When I see people monotonous it looks like they hate their job or what ever they are doing .One thing that I know for a fact is that makes tasks monotonous is paper work. Workers sometimes have difficulty when they have MONOTNOUS paper work. Especially in companies like cars, company ,and ect.

Strenuous

Strenuous: very active, full of energy, and requiring much energy.Verb/Noun

We had a strenuous day, moving into are new house.

PerilousBy Ignacio Balasch

DefinitionGrave 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.

Unrestrained in express feelings: giving or involving an extragant and sometimes excessive of feeling speech or writing

Effusive (adj)

The effusive protesters were yelling at the Congress men for shutting down the government in Washington D.C.

Indignant (adj) feeling or showing of annoying

The kids were indignant when little Michael won the best costume because he wore a slenderman costume and to many people were wearing the same costume.

Balderdash [NOUN]

Nonsense pointless talk OR writing

The rule no running on compass is balderdash becauseteachers ‘have a cow’ when you’re late to class.

Conciliatory (adj.) win over; placate. To win or gain

The audience expected a conciliatory speech.

Surmise

Definitions : • To make a guess

about something.

(Ser miz)verb

A conclusion drawn on only limited evidence and intuition

Guesswork, conclusion, inference, hypothesis

The teacher surmised Molly stole T’kyha’s pencil because she was sitting right next to her.

Synonyms

TUMULT

(adjective)

NOISE OR UPROAR, DISORDOLY AGITIATION OR MILLING ABOUT CROWD USUALLY WITH UPROAR

The lion roared causing a tumult in his African kingdom.

CONCILATORY

DEFINITION:WINNING OVER,TO OVERCOE DISTRUST OR ANIMOSOTS, TO

REIGN TO MAKE OR ATTEMPT TO.THE PERSAINS WANTED TO CONCILATE SPARTA BECAUSE PERSIA

WANTED TO CLAIM THAT LAND.

NOUN