Thursday, September 10, 2009

Vocab week 9/8

Bucolic: Adj. Pastrol, ruralistic 1. of or characteristic of the countryside or its people

Syn. rural

Sentence from "Funny in Farsi" pg. 31: "Or we'd try to become more bucolic, mentioning being south of the beautiful Caspian Sea, 'where the famous caviar comes from.'



Context clues: A. try to be

B. Is a simple form to live expressing rural contry and life to be


Our Sentence: A. We went through a bucolic neighborhood.

B. I was very surprised that we saw children in such bucolic streets.


Dubious: Adj. Uncertain or questionable

Sentence from "Funny in Farsi" 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 clues: The young women that got pregnant two times and had two children in each pregancy was uncertain.


Our Sentence: A. I was dubious on what to get for lunch.

B. I was dubious on which movie to rent tonight.


Ubiquitous: Adj; Excisting or being everywhere at the same time; at the same time[omnipresent]

Sentence from "Funny in Farsi"pg.42: " The media is also ubiquitous present in airports, elevators, classrooms, bars and restraurants, and hospital waiting rooms."
Context clues: A. Present
B. Its an adjective that is always present in anytime.
Our Sentence: A. The ubiquitous swarm of mosquitoes blanketed the sky.
B. We were offered the ubiquitous hamburger.


All words were found on:http://www.dictionary.com/