Thursday, September 3, 2009

Vocabulary #1

Dubious

Part of speech: Adjective

Source sentence: (pg.10) "My brother Farshid, with his schedule full of soccer, wrestling, and karate, was too busy to be recruited for his dubious honor.

Context clue: The reason we chose busy as a context clue was because it described Farshid's crowded schedule.

Definition: Giving rise to uncertainty, of doubtful promise or outcome.

Your original sentence: Even with the students dubious schedule he was still able to complete all his homework assignments.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dubious

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