Shai-lee Shay
Vocabulary Enricher
The Phantom Tollbooth
184 pages read
Hello Everyone,
For today's meeting, I was the Vocabulary Enricher. Here is what I did:
Page & Paragraph Word Definition
pg.71,paragraph 2 Presumption an idea that is taken to be true on the basis probability.
pg.73, paragraph 2 Prosperous successful in material terms;flourishing financially.
pg.74, paragraph 4 Diligently having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.
pg.74, paragraph 7 Animosity Strong hostility.
pg.75, paragraph 1 Contemplating look thoughtfully for a long time at.
pg.76, paragraph 2 Reconcile restore friendly relations between.
pg.76, paragraph 3 Quarrel an angry argument or disagreement.
pg.77, paragraph 1 Ranted speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.
pg.79 paragraph 2 Charabanc an early form of bus, used typically for pleasure trips.
pg.94 paragraph 3 Scandalous causing general public outrage be a perceived offence against morality or law.
pg.102 paragraph 2 Promontory a point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland.
pg.121 paragraph 2 Gaunt (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger or age.
pg. 135 paragraph 3 Apothecary a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.
pg.153 paragraph 2 Immense extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.
Here are my sentences and the sentences I got from the book:
Sentence #1 will be from the book and #2 will be my sentences!
Presumption
#1 - The demons, monsters, and giants were furious at his presumption and banded together to drive him out.
#2 - My classmates had this awful presumption, that I decided to ignore.
Prosperous
#1 - So each spring he set forth with his army and each autumn he returned, and year by year the kingdom grew larger and more prosperous.
#2 - Serbia is slowly getting more, and more prosperous.
Diligently
#1 - Each one tried to outdo the other, and they worked hard and diligently at it that before long their cities rivaled even wisdom in size and grandeur.
#2 - I work diligently on my projects, because I want to do good in the future.
Animosity
#1 - The old king, however, who knew nothing of his sons' animosity, was very happy in the twilight of his reign and spent his day quietly walking and contemplating in the royal gardens.
#2 - You just won't believe how much peoples animosity can bring you down.
Contemplating
#1 - The old king, however, who knew nothing of his sons' animosity, was very happy in the twilight of his reign and spent his day quietly walking and contemplating in the royal gardens.
#2 - My little brother, usually spends his time contemplating outside, or in his room.
Reconcile
#1 - Their disputes, however, became more and more difficult to reconcile.
#2 - Me and my friend, are hard to reconcile.
Quarrel
#1 - Then one day they had the most terrible quarrel of all.
#2 - My friend and I had a horrible quarrel one day, and we never talked since then.
Ranted
#1 - They discussed and debated and raved and ranted until they were on the verge of blows, when it was decided to submit the question to arbitration by the princess
#2 - In science class my classmates and I debated and ranted about, who owns the oceans minerals.
Charabanc
#1 - "Uncalled for," cried the undersecretary. "We'll take our vehicle." "Conveyance." "Rig." "Charabanc." "Chariot." "Buggy." "Coach." "Brougham." "Shandrydan."
#2 - I wonder what a charabanc looks like. Is it similar to the buses we have today?
Scandalous
#1 - "SCANDALOUS!" shouted the king. "we'll put a stop to this at once."
#2 - Improper is a synonym for scandalous.
Promontory
#1 - As the car rushed along, the trees grew thicker and taller and leafier until, just as they'd hidden the sky completely, the forest abruptly ended and the road bent itself around a broad promontory.
#2 - We played tag, when suddenly, I saw a rocky promontory, so I stopped and lost.
Gaunt
#1 - On a high podium in front stood the conductor, a tall, gaunt man with dark deep-set eyes and a thin mouth placed carelessly between his long pointed nose and his long pointed chin.
#2 - I hope that not many people in this world are gaunt.
Apothecary
#1 - The dusty wagon was lined with shelves full of curious boxes and jars of a kind found in old apothecary shops.
#2 - Apothecary shops were very important to people who were sick, but not very good also, because of the drugs.
Immense
#1 - The entered a tiny cage-like elevator and traveled down for fully three quarters of a minute, stopping finally in an immense vault, whose long lines of file drawers and storage bins stretched in all directions from where here began to where there ended, and from floor to ceiling.
#2 - The cost of restoration has been immense.
Thank you for reading this blog post!
see you next time,
SS
Vocabulary Enricher
The Phantom Tollbooth
184 pages read
Hello Everyone,
For today's meeting, I was the Vocabulary Enricher. Here is what I did:
Page & Paragraph Word Definition
pg.71,paragraph 2 Presumption an idea that is taken to be true on the basis probability.
pg.73, paragraph 2 Prosperous successful in material terms;flourishing financially.
pg.74, paragraph 4 Diligently having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.
pg.74, paragraph 7 Animosity Strong hostility.
pg.75, paragraph 1 Contemplating look thoughtfully for a long time at.
pg.76, paragraph 2 Reconcile restore friendly relations between.
pg.76, paragraph 3 Quarrel an angry argument or disagreement.
pg.77, paragraph 1 Ranted speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.
pg.79 paragraph 2 Charabanc an early form of bus, used typically for pleasure trips.
pg.94 paragraph 3 Scandalous causing general public outrage be a perceived offence against morality or law.
pg.102 paragraph 2 Promontory a point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland.
pg.121 paragraph 2 Gaunt (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger or age.
pg. 135 paragraph 3 Apothecary a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.
pg.153 paragraph 2 Immense extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.
Here are my sentences and the sentences I got from the book:
Sentence #1 will be from the book and #2 will be my sentences!
Presumption
#1 - The demons, monsters, and giants were furious at his presumption and banded together to drive him out.
#2 - My classmates had this awful presumption, that I decided to ignore.
Prosperous
#1 - So each spring he set forth with his army and each autumn he returned, and year by year the kingdom grew larger and more prosperous.
#2 - Serbia is slowly getting more, and more prosperous.
Diligently
#1 - Each one tried to outdo the other, and they worked hard and diligently at it that before long their cities rivaled even wisdom in size and grandeur.
#2 - I work diligently on my projects, because I want to do good in the future.
Animosity
#1 - The old king, however, who knew nothing of his sons' animosity, was very happy in the twilight of his reign and spent his day quietly walking and contemplating in the royal gardens.
#2 - You just won't believe how much peoples animosity can bring you down.
Contemplating
#1 - The old king, however, who knew nothing of his sons' animosity, was very happy in the twilight of his reign and spent his day quietly walking and contemplating in the royal gardens.
#2 - My little brother, usually spends his time contemplating outside, or in his room.
Reconcile
#1 - Their disputes, however, became more and more difficult to reconcile.
#2 - Me and my friend, are hard to reconcile.
Quarrel
#1 - Then one day they had the most terrible quarrel of all.
#2 - My friend and I had a horrible quarrel one day, and we never talked since then.
Ranted
#1 - They discussed and debated and raved and ranted until they were on the verge of blows, when it was decided to submit the question to arbitration by the princess
#2 - In science class my classmates and I debated and ranted about, who owns the oceans minerals.
Charabanc
#1 - "Uncalled for," cried the undersecretary. "We'll take our vehicle." "Conveyance." "Rig." "Charabanc." "Chariot." "Buggy." "Coach." "Brougham." "Shandrydan."
#2 - I wonder what a charabanc looks like. Is it similar to the buses we have today?
Scandalous
#1 - "SCANDALOUS!" shouted the king. "we'll put a stop to this at once."
#2 - Improper is a synonym for scandalous.
Promontory
#1 - As the car rushed along, the trees grew thicker and taller and leafier until, just as they'd hidden the sky completely, the forest abruptly ended and the road bent itself around a broad promontory.
#2 - We played tag, when suddenly, I saw a rocky promontory, so I stopped and lost.
Gaunt
#1 - On a high podium in front stood the conductor, a tall, gaunt man with dark deep-set eyes and a thin mouth placed carelessly between his long pointed nose and his long pointed chin.
#2 - I hope that not many people in this world are gaunt.
Apothecary
#1 - The dusty wagon was lined with shelves full of curious boxes and jars of a kind found in old apothecary shops.
#2 - Apothecary shops were very important to people who were sick, but not very good also, because of the drugs.
Immense
#1 - The entered a tiny cage-like elevator and traveled down for fully three quarters of a minute, stopping finally in an immense vault, whose long lines of file drawers and storage bins stretched in all directions from where here began to where there ended, and from floor to ceiling.
#2 - The cost of restoration has been immense.
Thank you for reading this blog post!
see you next time,
SS
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