Vocabulary

Word - Stigmatized
Magazine Sentence - "Simple things, like filling out enrollment cards, "became opportunities to feel stigmatized," he says."
Context Clue - Within this sentence the context clue that seems most prevalent would be the two words "simple things" this leads the reader to believe that the tasks were not out of the ordinary, nor are they things that one would typically associate with the4 hardships of divorce. Also by giving an example "like filling out report cards" the reader is given the notion that supplying personal information is somehow going to be degrading. The word "became" seems to also foreshadow the presence of something that was not there, but now is out in the open. "Oppotunities" is used to bring satire to the sentennce with a touch of realism.
My Sentence - When my aunts husband left for ciggarettes one day and never returned the event stigmatized the whole family.


Word - Idyllic
Magazine Sentence - "It was time to forge our own path, to break away from our parents' failed attempts at idyllic domesticity and set things right."
Context Clue - The lives of their parents were anything but charmingly simple. So the context clue in here is "the failed attempts" it suggests that the word idyllic means somethig normal or perhaps of perfection. Also the phrase "set things right" goes hand in hand with idyllic, meaning that the word comes across as having a postive meaning with this phrase following after it.
My Sentene -Is a home with a white picket fence really idyllic?

Word - Domesticity
Magazine Sentence - "It was time to forge our own path, to break away from our parents' failed attempts at idyllic domesticity and set things right."
Context Clue - The context clue in this sentence is the word itself. I am familar with domestic so I knew it had something to do with home life, but the ending -ity I was not aware of the meaning.
My Sentence - Domesticity comes natural to me...I just love being at home and caring for the so called mundane chores.