The Phantom Tollbooth Chapter 2 Vocabulary.

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The Phantom Tollbooth Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Expectations -what you think will happen-

Richer and brighter --colors looking better than you thought they would--

Effusive Big/no self control/overflowing

Predictions --your best guess based on evidence--

Whether -word used to compare two choices-

Beyond expectations --beyond what you think might happen--

The Wrong Way

Doldrums --not doing anything--

Lethargarians Characters in The Phantom Tollbooth that live in the Doldrums Lethargic—drowsy; tired; not doing anything

Dawdle and delay --waste time doing nothing important- Bide our time—wait Linger and loiter—hang around doing nothing Loaf and lounge—lay around doing nothing Dillydally—waste time

conciliatory Trying to win you over to their ideas

Strenuous Hard difficult

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