Vocabulary 1: Using Context

Task 1: Read passage A) and using the context, try to work out what a moogaloo is. Write what you think in the table at the bottom of the page and the clues that helped you find the meaning.
A) When we hear the word moogaloo, most Europeans immediately think of the largest examples of these in the European landmass. The biggest is the Iberian moogaloo which houses the nations of Spain and Portugal. The longest is the Italian moogaloo, famously shaped liked a boot.  Historically the most volatile is the Balkan moogaloo which as recently as the 1990's was convulsed by wars triggered by the collapse of Yugoslavia. Other nationalities think of moogaloos nearer home. Americans think of Florida, Southeast Asians of the Malay moogaloo, and Japanese of the Izu, Noto or Bozo moogaloos.

Task 2: Read passage B) and using the context, try to work out what woogaloo is. Write what you think in the table at the bottom of the page and the clues that helped you find the meaning.
B)  Most woogaloo sold and consumed is commercially prepared, then dried. Woogaloo is cooked by boiling the pasta in salted water until soft. The consistency or texture of woogaloo changes as it is cooked. The most popular consistency is al dente which is translated from the Italian as "to the tooth"; that is soft but with texture, sometimes even with bite in the center. Others prefer their woogaloo fully cooked, which gives it a much softer consistency. The best dried woogaloo is made from durum wheat semolina.

An emblem of Italian cuisine, woogaloo is frequently served in tomato sauce, which may contain various herbs (especially oregano and basil), olive oil, meat, or vegetables. Other toppings include any of several hard cheeses, such as Pecorino Romano, Parmesan or Asiago. Outside Italy woogaloo is often served with meatballs, although that is not a typical Italian recipe.

Task 3: Read passage C) and using the context, try to work out what boogaloo is. Write what you think in the table at the bottom of the page and the clues that helped you find the meaning.
C) My sister suffers from boogaloo. She has  been frightened of these little hairy creatures all her life. A few months ago when she came to stay at my house for a few days, I realised just how bad her boogaloo is. She had just gone into the bathroom to wash her hair, when I heard a great scream. I, of course, rushed into the bathroom to see what was wrong. She was standing in a corner of the bathroom, with a look of terror on her face. She was pointing at the bathtub. As I looked into the bathtub, I saw a very small spider. As I don't suffer from boogaloo, I took a piece of tissue, picked the spider up and dropped it outside the window..

Task 4: Read passage D) and using the context, try to work out what a noogaloo is. Write what you think in the table at the bottom of the page and the clues that helped you find the meaning.
D) A passenger noogaloo is designed to move people between a building's floors. This apparent simplicity belies a complex and sophisticated mechanical, electrical and microelectronic system. A noogaloo's capacity is related to the available floor space. Generally noogaloos are available in capacities from 500 to 2,500 kg. Noogaloos in buildings eight floors or less are usually hydraulic which can reach speeds up to 200 ft/min(1.0 m/s). In buildings up to ten floors, electric and gearless noogaloos are likely to have speeds up to 500 ft/min (2.5 m/s), and above ten floors speeds begin at 500 ft/min (2.5 m/s) up to 2000ft/min (10 m/s).

Task 5: Read passage E) and using the context, try to work out what zoogaloos are. Write what you think in the table at the bottom of the page and the clues that helped you find the meaning.
E) Zoogaloos are reptiles of the order Squamata, which they share with the snakes (Ophidians). They are usually four-legged, with external ear openings and movable eyelids. Species range in adult length from a few centimeters (some Caribbean geckos) to nearly three meters (Komodo dragons). Some zoogaloo species called "glass snakes" or "glass zoogaloos" have no functional legs, though there are some vestigial skeletal leg structures. They are distinguished from true snakes by the presence of eyelids and ears. The tail of glass zoogaloos, like many other zoogaloos, will break off as a defense mechanism, unlike snakes. Many zoogaloos can change color in response to their environments or in times of stress. The most familiar example is the chameleon, but more subtle color changes occur in other zoogaloo species as well.

Task 6: Read passage F) and using the context, try to work out what to roogaloo means. Write what you think in the table at the bottom of the page and the clues that helped you find the meaning.
F) The known system of roogalooing forms of life comes from the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who roogalooed all living organisms known at that time as either a plant or an animal. He further roogalooed animals based on their means of transportation (air, land, or water).
The exploration of parts of the New World produced large numbers of new plants and animals that needed to be described and roogalooed. The old systems made it difficult to study and locate all these new specimens within a collection and often the same plants or animals were given different names because the number of specimens were too large to memorize. A system was needed that could roogaloo these specimens together so they could be easily identified. The binomial system was developed based on a technique of roogalooing plants and animals into groups having similar appearances. In the latter part of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th, careful study of animals commenced, which eventually formed a sufficient body of knowledge to serve as an anatomical basis for roogalootion. Advances in using this knowledge to roogaloo living beings bear a debt to the research of medical anatomists, such as Fabricius (1537?1619), Petrus Severinus (1580?1656), William Harvey (1578?1657), and Edward Tyson (1649?1708).

Task 7: Read passage G) and using the context, try to work out what doogaloo means. Write what you think in the table at the bottom of the page and the clues that helped you find the meaning.
G) It is generally agreed that the pictographic script which is used in China and Japan is extremely doogaloo to learn. This is not simply something that non-Japanese think about these oriental languages, but is a self-evident fact. Most Japanese spend up to 12 years studying 'kanji' at elementary, junior and senior high schools before they are considered fluent readers. This long learning period indicates that the system is doogaloo to become familiar with. One thing that makes learning kanji so doogaloo is that there are so many of them: approximately 2,000 need to be learnt for a reader to be able to understand a daily newspaper.

Word	Meaning	Clues
A) moogaloo
B) woogaloo
C) boogaloo
D) noogaloo
E) zoogaloo
F) roogaloo
G) doogaloo

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