Phantom Tollbooth Vocabulary

Ignorance

• Not paying attention

• Capable of learning

• Lack of knowledge

• Believable

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4

Surmise

• guess, use intuition or imagination

• Evaluate a case

• Conclude a case

• Speculate

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

^Presume

• Predict

• Speculate

• Assume

• Guess

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.4.6

Speculate

• Presume using information that is uncertain or incomplete

• Guess, using information that is uncertain or incomplete

• Recall using information that is uncertain or incomplete

• Surmise using information that is uncertain or incomplete

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

Consideration

• Be kind

• Be generous

• Relate

• Careful thought

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

Suspiciously

• Based on lack of trust or belief

• Skeptical

• Trustworthy

• Ignorance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

Malicious

• Showing bad intentions

• Expecting the worst

• Presume

• Speculate

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.4.6

Pessimistic

• Inconsiderate

• Intuition

• Ignorance

• Focus on the bad aspect of a situation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

Compromise

• split half and half

• exchange something in consideration of the other

• settlement of a disagreement

• equally divide the wealth

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4