Vocabulary

Foyer- (noun)

Definition: the lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house

Source Sentence: "I only needed to turn a corner into a dicey situation, or crowd some frightened, armed person in a foyer somewhere, or make an errant move after being pulled over by a policeman."

Context Clues: The sentence is a general sense of the passage because it's not specifying the definition in the context.

Original Sentence: As I walked through the foyer of the hotel, the bell hop asked to help with my luggage.


Unwieldy- (adjective)

Definition: not readily handled or managed in use or action.

Source Sentence: It was in the echo of that terrified woman's footfalls that I first began to know the unwieldy inheritance I'd come into-the ability to alter public space in ugly ways.

Context Clues: Your Logic- He obviously was not prepared on how he would alter public space.

Original Sentence: The unwieldy parking structure wasn't ready for use.


Impoverished- (adjective)

Definition: reduced to poverty

Source Sentence: I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago.

Context Clues: Your Logic- I know that affluent means rich.

Original Sentence: Hollywood is full of celebrities, however they're found on the impoverished side of Hollywood.