Vocabulary in The Phantom Tollbooth (ch. 1-10, definitions)

What is a tollbooth?

• a roadside kiosk where drivers or pedestrians must pay to use a bridge or road.
• a place where you can go for vacation
• a literal meaning, not metaphorical
• a magical world where things are not what they seem

Adjective: Sluggish, with no energy; drowsy and lazy

• lethargic
• macabre
• faintly
• loiter

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Noun: The purity or intensity in colors/hues

• lethargic
• faintly
• chroma
• macabre

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Adjective: The complete, detailed version with no parts missing.

• chroma
• unabridged
• balderdash
• humbug

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word means "overwhelmed with shock or surprise"?

• Lethargic
• Quagmired
• Upholstered 
• Flabbergasted

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Adjective: Disturbing, terrifying; often having to do with death

• lethargic
• unabridged
• macabre
• chroma

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Noun:  Someone stands guard or checks on a situation, especially against something unethical

• humbug
• loiter
• doldrums
• watchdog

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Which word means "an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation.  (Also: a soft, wet area of land that gives way under foot)"?

• Quagmire
• Macabre
• Chroma
• Unabridged

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Adjective: Barely, hardly; very lightly

• doldrums
• lethargic
• faintly
• unabridged

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

What is upholstery?

• cloth or leather covering on furniture
• logic, order, and reason (not the lack of it)
• overwhelmed with shock or surprise
• a difficult situation to get out of

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4