vocabulary

Word: Sensuous

Part of speech: Adj

Funny in Farsi (pg 25)When the meal was finally ready, we all sat together and savored the sensuous experience of a delicious Persian meal.

Context Clue: The taste of the Persian food and smell and the experience of the taste.

Def:Highly susceptible to influence through the senses.

Original Sentence:The sensuous food hit my senses when i walked into the restaurant.


word: insatiable

Part of speech: adj

Funny in Farsi (pg 27)On other nights, we ate pizza, marveling at the strechy cheese and our insatiable appetite for this wondrous food.

context clue: logic- wondrous and marveling to show that insatiable is positive.

Def:incapable of being satisfied

original sentence:Mark has an insatiable desire for snowboarding. His dad has to drag him off the mountain even after the lifts have closed.


Dubious

Part of speech: adj

Def: of doubtful promise or outcome

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

Context clues: Firoozeh did not want to be the interpreter which was not an honor since it was being dragged around by the mother.

Original Sentence: The boys mother was dubious when asking her son to clean his room.

***partner was absent and didnt get last word. used a word from another group