Monday, September 28, 2009

Exempt

The Word: Exempt

Part Of Speech: Verb

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
The Christian and Jewish children at my school were exempt from religious studies, a face that caused much envy among the rest of us. (105)

Context Clues:
The right of free speech.
Many Countries are free of religion speech.

Definition:
To free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.

Your Original Sentence:
Each year more people have been let go from their jobs, and many even return to their native countries each year.

Mantra

The Word: Mantra

Part Of Speech: Noun

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
“I should’ve sold everything and brought the money to America a long time ago” became his mantra. (129)

Context Clue:
The people who do shows like singers and actors always have to have great appearance in TV and when they are in public.

Definition:
A word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.

Your Original Sentence:
In a church they always have mantra before or after the father has done his payers.

Gendarmes

The Word: Gendarmes

Part Of Speech: Noun

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
The gendarmes started sifting through the clothes and the myriad of gifts I had brought for my host family. (133)

Context Clue:
When a person is hurt or need’s help Police Officers are always helping them and even makes shure that they are safe.

Definition:
1. A police officer in any of several European countries, esp. a French police officer.
2. A soldier, esp. in France, serving in an army group acting as armed police with authority over civilians.
3. (formerly) a cavalryman in charge of a French cavalry squad

Your Original Sentence:
In France the Gendarmes protect the Society like the President Nicolas Sarkozy that has been there since May 16 2007.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Constructive

The Word: Constructive

Part Of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence:
And what ARE THOSE SCRIPTS? Some may seem constructive: “You’re so talented!” “You’re a natural ball player!” “I always said you should be a doctor!”(Pg. 153)

Context Clue:
It’s better to think positive than negative.

Definition:
Serving to improve; helpful.

Your Original Sentence:
The staff at Fullerton College are always constructive and nice to me.

Vacillate

The Word: Vacillate

Part Of Speech: Verb

The Source Sentence:
We vacillate and fluctuate. (Pg. 153)

Context Clue:
There are times when I slow down in my school work and then I get sick.

Definition:
1. To sway to and fro.
2. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another; waver.

Your Original Sentence:
When I am in line at the supermarket sometimes I am vacillate because there are many people in line.

Manifestation

The Word: Manifestation

Part Of Speech: Noun

The Source Sentence:
Vision is the best manifestation of creative imagination and the primary motivation of human action. (Pg. 152)

Context Clue:
Your future will emerge from your studies.

Definition:
An indication of the existence or presence of something.

Your Original Sentence:
Your future is a manifestation of your learning.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Ubiquitous

The Word: Ubiquitous

Part Of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number): The media is also ubiquitous- present in airports, elevators, classrooms, bars and restaurants, and hospital waiting rooms. (PG-42)

Context Clues:
B. It’s an adjective that is always present in any time.

Definition:
B. 1. Existing or being everywhere, esp.
2. At the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
3. Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent: "plodded through the shadows fruitlessly like an ubiquitous spook" (Joseph Heller).

Your Original Sentence:
B. We were offered the ubiquitous hamburger.

Word Dubious

The Word: Dubious
Part Of Speech: Adjective
The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
My brother Farshid, with his schedule full of soccer, wrestling, and karate, was too busy to be recruited for this dubious honor. (PG-10)
Context Clues:
B. The young woman that got pregnant two times and had two children in each pregnancy was uncertain of getting pregnant for the third time and having two more children.
Definition:
B. 1. Doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
2. Of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable: a dubious compliment; a dubious transaction.
3. Of uncertain outcome: in dubious battle.
Your Original Sentence:
B. I was dubious about what movie I should see in the theaters.

Word Bucolic

The Word: Bucolic
Part Of Speech: Adjective
The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
Or we’d try to be more bucolic mentioning being south of the beautiful Caspian Sea, “where the famous caviar comes from.”(PG-31)
Context Clues:
B. Is a simple form to live expressing rural, country and rustic life to be.
Definition:
B. 1 .Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic.
2. See Synonyms at rural.
3. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
Your Original Sentence:
B. Trying to be more bucolic people have gardens of flowers in their home.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Atrocious

The Word: Atrocious

Part Of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number):
" The items he has picked up on clearance tables range form merely useless, like his portable siren, to atrocious, like birds madw of felt". (44)

Context Clues:
Stuffed birds are gross and dirty, like taxidermy.

Definition:
!. Extremly evil, or savage, or cruel: An atrocious crime. 2. Exceptionally bad; abominable: astrocious decor. -Atrociously adv. - atrociousness N.

Your Original Sentence:
The service in the restaurant was atrocious.