angst

angst n.

The Source Sentence and Page Number : “We vacillate and fluctuate.” Connect pg 153
Context Clues : S: fluctuate (change)

Definition : to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger

Original Sentence : Before I make a decision, I usually vacillate for a while so I won’t make a decision that I would regret in the future.

reflection #1

Vocabulary is very important. I know by experience the more vocabulary I know the better I can communicate with people around me. Learning and studying vocabulary for the class has help to understand the book and the lessons we learn in class a lot better.

I believe that once you have been exposed to something you tend to pay attention to it more. For instance if I learn a new word I tend to find it in a lot of different places that I would probably never think in seeing. Its much better to find a word, know what it means instead of just skipping past it like most do with unknown vocabulary.

When usually reading and I don’t know what a word means, I tend to just skip it and guess what it means, or fit anything that might go in with that sentence. Now I try a lot to look up an unknown word and use it as much as I can so I can get the full meaning of it.

I use a lot of the words that I find. Knowing a lot of different words helps one communicate a lot better as oppose to one that doesn’t have a ride range of vocabulary.

There are some words that I learn and never use in my own personal vocabulary. But there a some words I learn and use in my day to day life and those are the words I remember long term. It’s a horrible feeling to study so hard for a vocabulary test then forget the words right after you take the test.

baklava

The Word : baklava, Noun

The Source Sentence and page number : "In Berkeley, and only in Berkeley, my name drew people likes flies to baklava." pg 64

Context Clue :"drew people likes flies"(flies likes things that are sweet)

Definition : A dessert made of paper-thin layers of pastry, chopped nuts, and honey.

Original Sentence : The first time I tried baklava, I thought it was the best tasting dessert ever.

enviable

Enviable , Adjective

The source sentence and Page #:"Even though their condominium has only a tiny garden, they have managed to cultivate an enviable cornucopia of figs, pomegranates, sweet lemons, and herbs." funny is farsi P. 98

Context Clues: I had heard the word before, and enviable is kind of like lucky or envy.

Definition: Worthy of envy; very desirable

Original Sentence:Celebrities are enviable because they are so rich.

capacity

capacity, noun

source sentence: "As he found within himself the capacity to rise above his humiliating circumstances, he became an observer as well as a participant in the experience."
Connect, pg. 152

context clues: rise, found within himself

Definition: the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained

original sentence: The gasoline tank has a capacity of 20 gallons.

bucolic

The word: bucolic

Context: (funny in farsi page 30)

Part of speech :adjective

The source sentence: “Or we’d try to be more bucolic mentioning being south of the beautiful Captain Sea.”

Context clues: “We’d try to be”Definition: Of shepherds pastral, of country life; rustic

Original sentence: Hannah Montanna is very bucolic because of the farmland she lives around.

elite

elite

text context: connect pg 40

sentence: "The elite may derive their culture from expensive theater shows or opera performances where tickets can cost $100 each."

context clues: "opera performances, $100 tickets"

definition: the socially superior part of society

sentence: "Michael Jackson's wealth and fame made him an elite member in our society."