Thursday, September 17, 2009

Enviable

The Word: Enviable

Part of Speech: Adjective

The source sentence and Page #:Even though their condominium has only a tiny garden, they have managed to cultivate an enviable cornucopia of figs, pomegranates, sweet lemons, and herbs. P. 98

Context Clues: I knew what cultivate meant so I figured out the meaning by just looking and putting words together. Also tiny garden was an antonym to enviable in a way.

Definition: Worthy of envy; very desirable

Original Sentence:Celebrities are enviable because they are so rich.

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