Vocabulary Module 2 Phantom Tollbooth

What is a state of having low energy with drowsiness and lack of interest or feeling?

• lethargy

• ignorance

• trivial

• corrupts

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the definition of wordplay?

• beliefs or hopes concerning what is possible in the future

• accumulated knowledge

• playful or clever use of words to create humor

• arguments

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What means abnormal or different from the usual expectation?

• expected

• routine

• ordinary

• peculiar

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is a synonym of bizarre and weird?

• realisitc

• surreal

• normal

• argumentative

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Wisdom is....

• causing damage

• lack of awareness

• accumulated knowledge or learning

• playful use of words

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is din?

• racket or clamor

• act of being phony or fake

• to admit that what you've said I wrong

• a major change in someone or something

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The act of being phony or fake

• apathetic

• cranky

• insincerity

• frustrated

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What isn't a doldrum?

• a boring place

• a gloomy place

• a state of mind in which nothing happens

• clever use of words to create humor

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which word refers to the horrors of death?

• disconsolate

• gelatinous

• humbug

• macabre

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What saying means to get something done while you have the chance.

• Make hay while the sun shines

• jump to conclusions

• leave no stone unturned

• having no rhyme or reason

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4