Vocab #3

I.

The Word: Baklava

Part of Speech: Noun

The Source Sentence and (Page Number): "In Berkeley, and only in Berkeley, my name drew people like flies to baklava." Funny in Farsi pg. 64

Context Clues: Flies are attracted to sweet. Bakalva is sweet.

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.

Your Original Sentence: Baklava has a lot of sugar in it.

Hyperlink: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/baklava


II.

The word: Strewn

Part of Speech: Verb

The Source Sentence and (Page Number): "To my delight, I found that the lawn had been strewn with miniature Iranian flags." Funny in Farsi pg. 113

Context Clues: Miniature, the lawn had been

Definition: to spread widely; disseminate

Your Original Sentence: The student cut his hair and strewn it around the classroom.

Hyperlink: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/strewn


III.

The word: Olfactory

Part of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number)- "Aunt Sedigeh also had a beautiful garden full of nasturtiums, roses, snapdragons, and sweet peas, a veritable Disneyland for the olfactory sense." Funny in Farsi pg. 97

Context Clues: Garden. Olfactory talks about smell. If you go to a garden, you will smell many things.

Definition: of or pertaining to the sense of smell.

Your Original Sentence: After sleeping with his shoes on, Diego's olfactory feet made his dog leave the house.

Hyperlink: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/olfactory