Mantra

The Word: Mantra

Part of Speech: noun

The source sentence and Page #:
“I should’ve sold everything and brought the money to America a long time ago” became his mantra. P. 129

Context Clues: This was a logic clue because the phrase was put into quotation marks so you can tell it was something he said.

Definition: chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.

Your Original Sentence:
“Get a job, get a job, get a job” became my mantra.

Baklava

The Word: Baklava

Part of Speech: noun

The source sentence and Page #:
In Berkeley, and only in Berkeley, my name drew people like flies to baklava.
p.64

Context Clues: You can tell that it was food because flies love food.

Definition: A dessert made of paper-thin layers of pastry, chopped nuts, and honey.

Your Original Sentence:
The Baklava was extraordinary at the restaurant.

Staunch

The word: Staunch

Part of Speech: Verb

The Source Sentence and Page #:
In 1980,however, despite my father's staunch devotion to freedom and fairness, he was still a foreigner with an accent, an accent that after the Iranian Revolution was associated with all things bad. P. 119

Context Clues:
This is a logic vocabulary word because he uses devotion i immediately thought of loyalty to his freedom.

Definition:
Strong, Substantial, firm or steadfast in principle, adherence; loyalty as a person

Your Original Sentence:
The stuanch of tina's devotion to friendship was heartwelming.

Frugal

Word: Frugal

Part of Speech: adjective

The source sentence and page #:
After having baby-sat for every frugal family in town, I eventually hit the mother lode. p. 123

Context clues: She says she hit the mother lode after babysitting for every family in town, i think it means like they were average or they were bad familys that were cheap or something.

Definition:
prudently saving or sparing, not wasteful, entailing little expense

Your Original Sentence:
My frugal manager was short on my paycheck.

Lavished

The word: Lavished

Part of Speech: Adjective

The Source Sentence and (Page Number): “People lavished compliments on me” p. 11

Context Clues: Compliments and the impression the people gave her recommend that they were generous and extravagant because she new English. Syn.

Definition: Expending or bestowing profusely, generous way, extravagant, abundant, profuse.

Your Original Sentence: I was lavished with many roses on my graduation.

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