Word 1: Detrimental
Sentence Source: Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- Lack of sleep is detrimental to our overall productivity. I would guess that the word means harmful.
Definition: Causing detriment; damaging; harmful
Link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/detrimental
Original Sentence: Lack of sleep is detrimental to our overall productivity, of course, but it also has potentially troubling implications for health.
Word 2: Promissory
Source:Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- The promissory note that proves a bank owns a borrower mortgage is now gone. I would guess that the word means a promise.
Definition:containing or implying a promise.
Link:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/promissory
Original Sentence:In hundreds of thousand of cases, the promissory note that proves a bank owns a borrower mortgage is now gone.
Word 3: Imminent
Source: Time Magazine
Context Clue: Logic- a political football within Iran's ferocious internal power struggle is a sign that Tehran is not feeling the sort of imminent sense of crisis that might focus their minds on seeking a compromise. I would guess that the word means something that is most likely to occur.
Definition: likely to occur at any moment; impending
Link:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/imminent
Original Sentence:At the same time, however, the fact that nuclear talks with the West remain a political football within Iran's ferocious internal power struggle is a sign that Tehran is not feeling the sort of imminent sense of crisis that might focus their minds on seeking a compromise.
