Phantom Tollbooth Vocabulary ch. 4 & 5

Which word means "a difficult situation?"

• lavish

• menacing

• commendable

• quagmire

Which word means "shocked or astonished?"

• brevity

• adept

• flabbergasted

• commendable

Which of the following is an antonym for the word "lavish?"

• reasonable

• fancy

• extravagant

• excessive

Which of the following is a synonym for the word "adept?"

• clumsy

• expert

• unskilled

• amateur

What is an antonym for the word "menacing?"

• dangerous

• risky

• threatening

• harmless

When they get to the dungeon, Milo and Tock discuss how they can "get into a lot of trouble mixing up words." Milo tells Tock he wants to learn all about words if they ever get out of the dungeon. Faintly Macabre surprises them by saying, "A very ___________________ ambition, young man."

• tumult

• commendable

• menacing

• disconsolate

We can infer from reading The Phantom Tollbooth, that Norton Juster probably values ________________ in writing and speaking.

• quagmire

• tumult

• brevity

• lavish

The spelling bee tells Milo, "Perhaps you are under the ________________ that I am dangerous." In fact, he is really quite harmless.

• misapprehension

• tumult

• quagmire

• flabbergast

The voices of the merchants could be heard above the ________________of the crowd in the market place.

• quagmire

• brevity

• commendable

• tumult

Sometimes school can seem like a _______________of never-ending quizzes, tests and assignments!

• tumult

• quagmire

• adept

• flabbergast