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Phantom Tollbooth Vocab Chapters 1-5
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capable of being heard
audibly
connotate
boasted
laudable
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What is NOT on the busy schedule of the Lethargarians?
Daydreaming
Linger and loiter
Dawdle and delay
Thinking and laughing
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threaten
melancholy
disdainfully
arbitration
menaced
4
What is the place where nothing ever happens?
Dictionopolis
Drearydums
Doctoropolis
Doldrums
5
What is Tock's job?
To make sure that everyone wastes time
To make sure that everyone watches time
To make sure that nobody watches time
To make sure that nobody wastes time
6
What were the two laws that Milo broke in the Doldrums?
Talking and thinking
Driving and talking
Sleeping and snoring
Thinking and laughing
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noise
arbitration
doldrums
tumult
gaunt
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evil, wicked
conspicuous
macabre
cacaphonous
dejectedly
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thoughtfully
dissonance
laudable
wistfully
reticence
10
surprise someone greatly, astonish
flabbergast
promontory
dissonance
stout
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Why was the Official Which thrown into the dungeon?
Because of being generous with words
Because of using too many words
Because of being miserly with words
Because of using boring words
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warning
arbitration
brevity
precautionary
quagmire
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shortness, in terms of words used
brevity
sonnet
reticence
famine
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What word did the Whether Man repeat five times?
expectations
my
welcome
travelers
15
a group of people traveling together
gallant
doldrums
caravan
tumult
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senseless talk or writing, nonsense
balderdash
conspicuous
macabre
disconsolate
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Miserably, sad
dejectedly
tumult
precautionary
animosity
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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning
balderdash
famine
connotation
promontory
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Who did Milo and Tock find in the dungeon?
The Whether Man
The Spelling Bee
Faintly Macabre
The Humbug
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the feeling of being stuck, unmotivated
famine
doldrums
gallant
dejectedly
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silence, calmness
sonnet
luminous
reticence
precautionary
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peacemaking
conciliatory
brevity
conspicuous
stout
23
What is unusual about the words that the five members of the king's cabinet say?
They are all homphones
They are all homonyms
They are all synonyms
They are all antonyms
24
shamed, disrespected
tumult
dissonance
wistfully
disrepute
25
What was the job of the Official Which?
Choosing which number not to be used
Choosing which words to be used
Choosing which numbers to be used
Choosing which words not to be used
26
Why is the return of Rhyme and Reason important to Faintly Macabre?
Because they are the only thing that can help her
Because they will keep her in the dungeon
Because they will give her her job back
Because they are the only thing that can't help her
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loud and attention getting
promontory
effusive
macabre
trivial
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talk with excessive pride
boasted
menaced
wistfully
animosity
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a puzzling situation
laudable
ominous
disconsolate
quagmire
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What reason did the Dictionopolis guard give Milo's so he could enter the kingdom gates?
How come?
Because I said so
Why not?
I want to
