baklava

Baklava

Part of speech: Noun

Source sentence: (64) In berkely, and only in berkely, my name drew people like flies to baklava.

Context clues: drew flies to baklava- this is because it gives it the idea that it's probably a type of food.

Definition: a Near Eastern pastry made of many layers of paper-thin dough with a filling of ground nuts, baked and then drenched in a syrup of honey and sometimes rosewater.


original sentence: I went to dinner at a friends house where they ate food from a different culture, after dinner baklava was served.

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Encapsulate

Encapsulate

Part of Speech: Verb


Source sentence: (34) If someone had been able to encapsulate the kindness of these second graders in pill form, the pills would undoubtedly put war correspondents out of business.


Context clues: Pill form- It explains how it can be enclosed in a capsule.


Definition: To enclose in a capsule.


Original sentence: To catch a spider in my room, I had to use a cup to encapsulate it.

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Monstrosity


Part of speech: Noun


The source sentence: (45) Despite my father’s reassurance, there existed no bag in our house big enough to hold this monstrosity.


Context clues: We could not make it any less bulky. It defied flattening.


Definition: huge shocking and big.

Original sentence: I just bought this small car for my big family to travel cross country and it will not fit the monstrosity family.


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Atrocious

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Very cruel, evil

Context Clue: Using my logic and surrounding examples in the sentences, the fact that people stare at his pink and maroon Nikes and the author compares them to a portable siren implies that the shoes are not so easy on the eyes.

Original Sentence: Her whole outfit was utterly atrocious, orange 3-inch platforms and green cargo pants will never be in style.

The items he has picked up on clearance tables range fron merely useless like his portable siren, to truly atrocious, like birds made of felt. (44)

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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.

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