Meeting# 4- Vocab Enricher

Ivana Lalic
Vocab Enricher
The Phantom Tollbooth
221 pages read

Hello Blog readers,
My group read up to page 221, and I was the vocab enricher and these are my words that I choose because I found them difficult, fun and just interesting!

Page and Paragraph	Word	Definition	Original sentence in book
Page 161, paragraph 2	Ominous	Giving the worrying impression that something is bad, that something bad will happen.	For an instant there was an ominous stillness, quieter and more  silent than ever before, as if even the air was holding its breath.
Page 162, Paragraph 3	Disconsolately	Unhappily, hopelessly.	The Humbug noticed the Sound keeper sitting disconsolately on a pile of rubble.
Page 178, paragraph 3	Stalactites	A tapering structure hanging like an icicle formed of calcium salts by dripping water (Basically icicles!)	Milo squinted into the darkness and saw for the first time that they had entered a vast cavern lit only by a soft, eerie glow from the great stalactites which hung ominously from the ceiling.
Page 170 paragraph 2	Strenuous	Requiring or using great physical strength.	Over the Humbug’s strenuous object, Milo and Tock decided to swim.
Page 180 paragraph 2	Vigorously	In the way that involves physical strength and effort or energy.	He reached into one of the carts and pulled out a small object, which he polished vigorously on his robe.
Page 186 paragraph 4	Arithmetic	The branch of mathematics, dealing with properties and manipulation of numbers.	Simple arithmetic, that’s all. Suppose you had something and added something to it.
Page 198 and paragraph 5	Melancholy	A feeling of sadness: typically with no cause (or reason).	A look of deep melancholy crossedd mathimigcan’s face and his eyes grew moist with sadness.

Page 212, paragraph 5	Villainous	Relating to, consisting or guilty of wicked or criminal behavior (or you could say something such as a villain).	He punctuated his last remark with a villainous voice.
Page 223 and paragraph 3	Peevishly	In a peevish manner, which means having or showing an irritable disposition.	“There you see” he said peevishly.
Page 212 paragraph	indignantly	Said in an indignant manner, feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.	“Worth WILD!!!” the man roared indignantly.