apathetic

Word: apathetic (adj)

Source/page: Funny in Farsi (118)

Contex clue: Before the word, Firoozeh describes the feeling.

Definition: having or showing little or no emotion

Original sentence: The apathetic girl did not care much for the sick dog.

gendarmes

Word: Gendarmes (n)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi/133

Contex clue: She mentions the gendarmes going through her luggage which indicates an officer.

Definition: A french Police Officer

Original sentence: In fFrance, the genderarmes are very strict when it comes to the street rules.

enviable

Word: enviable (adj)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi/98

Contex clue: It is mentioned after the figs, pomegranates, sweet lemons and herbs.

Definition: Worhy of envy.

Original Senence: The enviable model had the perfect outfit on the runway.

Baklava

Word: Baklava (n)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi (64)

Contex clue: when she mentios "flies to baklava" which hints its 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 senetence: At the family gathering, my mother brought baklava, and we all ate it while sipping on tea.

Frugal

Word: Frugal (adj)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi (123)

Contex clues: She uses the word to describe families, and after she notes it made her angry.

Definition: not wasteful

Original Sentence: The frugal family saved every bit of food they had, and did not throw away anyleft overs.

Deranged

Word: Deranged (adj)

Source/page: Funny in Farsi (123)

Contex clues: Firoozeh uses king tut as an example.

Definition: Disordered; Disarranged

Original Sentence: The body was deranged after being ran over by the huge truck.

Olfactory

Word: Olfactory (adj)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi (97)

Contex Clue: The flowers described in the sentence and the word sense used after Olfactory.

Definition: Pertaining to the sense of smell

Original sentence: My olfactory sense led me to the conclusion my mother was making spaghetti.

Strewn

Word: Strewn (v)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi (113)

Contex Clue: When it mentions the lawn and miniature Iranian flags, I used my logic to find it means spread out.

Definition: to spread widely

Original sentence: The little girls toys were strewn all over the room.

Permutation

Word: Permutation (n)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi (66)

Contex Clue: I used my logic, " I am once again reminded that I am an immigrant with a foreign name"

Definition: Changing the order of elements

Original Sentence: The toddler would recited the abc's by starting off as acb which is a permutation.

Encapsulate

Word: encapsulate (v)

Source/Page number: Funny in Farsi, 34

Contex clues: Comparing the kind children to a pill as an example

Definition: To enclose in or as if in a capsule

Original sentence: After dropping the box of crickets, the man tried to encapsulate them back into the box.

Insatiable

Word: insatiable (adj)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi (pg 27)

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.

Sensuous

Word: Sensuous (adj)

Source/Page: Funny in Farsi (pg 25)

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.

Solitude

The Word: Solitude (n)

The Source Sentence and (Page Number): Yellow Ribbon/ N/A

Context Clues: Iron bars are being used to interfere jail making soltitude to mean alone.

Definition: Being alone or remote from society.

Your Original Sentence: With her husband at work, and her kids at school, the mother was completely solitude and able to relax.