Phantom Tollbooth Vocabulary

Playful or clever use of words to create humor.

• diction

• wisdom

• expectations

• wordplay

Abnormal or different from the usual expectation

• peculiar

• doldrums

• macabre

• surreal

Accumulated knowledge or learning.

• quest

• point of view

• wisdom

• din

A state of not knowing; lack of awareness or education.

• wisdom

• din

• ignorance

• lethargy

Beliefs or hopes concerning what is possible in the future.

• humbug

• expectations

• surreal

• wisdom

A boring, gloomy place, or state of mind, in which nothing happens.

• doldrums

• din

• killing time

• lethargy

A state of having very low energy with drowsiness and lack of interest or feeling.

• din

• macabre

• lethargy

• doldrums

Wasting time.

• lethargy

• humbug

• killing time

• lethargy

Choice of words in speech or writing

• wit

• wisdom

• diction

• humbug

Bizarre, weird, or eerie; having a dream-like quality; beyond real.

• discord

• doldrums

• din

• surreal