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Lesson 1 Vocabulary List
The Phantom TollboothPeriod 2
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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.
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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.
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Lethargic
• (adj) being drowsy, sluggish, and inactivity
• Sentence- I was very lethargic after running 26.2 miles at a marathon.
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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- NSentence: The goodwill store is conciliatory to the people who need the cloths, or goods the most.
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Disrepute (noun)
Bad repute; disfavored
The disrepute child tried to make friends at his school.
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Strenuous (adjective)
(1.)Characterized by or calling for vigorous exertion (2. )intensely active; energetic.
My brother, Alex finds playing in football games very strenuous.
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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.
Dawdle
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Deject Definition – (adjective) – depressed in sprits; disheartened.sentence – The football player was dejected because he lost a Superbowl game .
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The Stealers fans were very tumultuous when the referee said it wasn't a touchdown and a penalty instead.
•Tumult• Noun
• violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob.
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Monotonousadjective
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.
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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.
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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.
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surmise
The dad had to surmise who cleaned the room.
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Nonsense, or pointless talk
The man complained complete balderdash about the law {no ice cream in your back pocket on Sunday.
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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.
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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.