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Words To Go is a blog for folks who are looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use. 

Make a commitment to use the words daily both conversationally and in the written word.

Words To Go:  January 31, 2012

Infamous

Resonate

Imaginative

Infamous

Having an extremely bad reputation.

Detestable.

Deserving of or causing and evil reputation.

His actions against this nation are infamous. 

Resonate

To resound.

To amplify vocal sound.

Her words of action really resonate with me. 

Imaginative

Given to imagining.

Fanciful.

Lacking truthful.

Her children stories are wonderful, so imaginative and rich.  

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use. 

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word.

Words For Today:  January 30, 2012


Clamor

Variant

Entrepreneurial

Clamor

A loud uproar, as from a crowd of people.

A vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction.

Popular outcry.

The students were making quite the clamor over their team's winning touchdown.

Variant

Tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity.

Not agreeing or conforming; differing, especially from something of the general kind.

Not definitive, as a version of part of a text.

It is a variant of the policy and services I provided your father.

Entrepreneurial

A person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with risk.

An employer of productive labor; contractor.

Her efforts in business clearly displayed an entrepreneurial spirit. 

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use. 

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word. 

Words For Today:  January 29, 2012

Tenacious

Argumentative

Impeccable

Tenacious

Holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold.

Highly retentive.

Pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate.

Tommy's teammates all characterize him as a tenacious competitor. 

Argumentative

Fond of or given to argument and dispute.

arguing on containing arguments. 

I always find it hard to have a conversation with Eric as he always is so argumentative.

Impeccable

Faultless; flawless; irreproachable. 

Incapable of sin.

His character seems to be impeccable. 

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use. 

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word.

Words For Today:  January 28, 2012

Precise

Invective

Salutary

Precise

Definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed.

Being exactly that and neither more nor less.

Being just that and no other.

The type of work that Bruno performs requires precise measurements.

Invective

Vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.

A railing accusation.

An insulting or abusive word or expression.

It is disheartening when one politician speaks of another with such inventive language. 

Salutary

Favorable to or promoting health; healthful.

Promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose.

I found the exhibit at the Mall to be very beneficial as well as salutary. 



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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word.


Words For Today:  January 27, 2012

Trample

Dynamic

Petulant

Trample

To step heavily and noisily.

To tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly.

To act in a harsh, domineering, or cruel manner.

Our team's performance on Saturday just trampled our opponent.

Dynamic

Pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action.

Vigorously active or forceful.

Characterized by force of personality, ambition, energy, new ideas.

I really enjoyed working with Susan, she has such a dynamic personality.

Petulant

Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance.

Irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way.    

She can become very petulant when she doesn't get her way. 

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use these words both conversationally and in the written word.

Words For Today:  January 26, 2012

Omnipresent

Intuitive

Mischievous

Omnipresent

Present everywhere at the same time.

He enjoys writing his novels in the omnipresent voice.    

Intuitive

Perceiving by intuition, as a person or the mind.

Perceived by, resulting from, or involving intuition.

Having or possessing intuition.

I believe that Gregory is a very intuitive person.

Mischievous

Maliciously or playfully annoying.

Causing annoyance, harm or trouble.

Roguishly or slyly teasing, as a glance.

I wonder what mischievous adventures the boys are into now?

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use these words both conversationally and in the written word.

Words For Today:  January 25, 2012

Triangulate

Eccentric

Litigious

Triangulate

To make triangular.

To divide into triangles.

To survey by triangulation.

We need to make sure that we triangulate those cutting lines. 

Eccentric

Deviating from the recognized or customary character.

Irregular, erratic, peculiar; odd.

A person who has an unusual, peculiar or odd personality.

His behavior is somewhat eccentric, don't you think?

Litigious

Of or pertaining to litigation.

Excessively or readily inclined to litigate.

Inclined to dispute or disagree.

She has exhibited this litigious behavior in the past. 



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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use. 

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word.


Words For Today:  January 24, 2012

 Zealot

Celestial

Curvature

Zealot

A person who shows zeal.

Fanatic

A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group.

That group has all the elements of being religious zealots.

Celestial

Pertaining to the sky or visible heaven.

Pertaining to the spiritual or invisible heaven; heavenly.

She has such a celestial quality about herself.   

Curvature

The act of curving or the state of being curved.

A curved condition, often abnormal.

The degree of curving of a line or surface. 

Did you notice the curvature of that board? 

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use. 

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Words For Today:  January 23, 2012

Articulate

Stimulate

Cryptic

Articulate

Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.

Capable of speech; not speechless.

Using language easily and fluently.

I must say that Arthur was very articulate in stating our position to their attorneys.

Stimulate

To rouse to action or effort, as encouragement or pressure.

To invigorate by a food or beverage.

Arouse, activate, excite.

I thought he did a nice job to stimulate the group discussion.

Cryptic

Mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous.

Abrupt; terse; short.

Involving or using cipher, code.

Johnny was cryptic.  I have no idea why he wants us there now instead of this afternoon. 

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

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Words For Today:  January 22, 2012

Daunting

Arbitrary

Syllabus

Daunting

To overcome with fear; intimidate.

To lessen the courage of; dishearten

There is no question that the tasks before us as an organization are daunting.

Arbitrary

Subject to individual will or judgment without restriction.

Contingent solely upon one's discretion.

Decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.

Having unlimited power.

Capricious; unreasonable; unsupported.

What really makes the decision unfair is the arbitrary fashion in which it was decided.

Syllabus 

An outline or other brief statement of the main points of discourse.

The subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum.

Could you please pass me a copy of the syllabus?

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word.


Words For Today:  January 21, 2012



Heartfelt

Enigmatic

Romanticist

Heartfelt

Deeply or sincerely felt.

Devout, earnest.

His apology was clearly heartfelt.

Enigmatic

Resembling an enigma.

Perplexing.

Mysterious.

Cryptic.

I have always felt that Sharon was somewhat enigmatic regarding what she does for a living.

Romanticist

Romantic attitudes, ideals, or qualities.

An adherent of romanticism in literature or art. 

His writing leaves no doubt that he is a romanticist.

   

Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word.

Words For Today:  January 20, 2012

Regiment

Deliberate

Rotund

Regiment

A unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups.

A headquarters unit

To manage or treat in a rigid, uniform manner

Subject to strict discipline.

Jason is required by law to follow a specific regiment of tasks in completion of his role.

Deliberate

Carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional.

Careful or slow in deciding.

Leisurely and steady in movement or action.

He wanted to make sure that he was deliberate in his movement through the obstacle course.

Rotund

Round in shape; rounded.

Plump; fat.

Full-toned or sonorous.

You may choose to call John fat but I prefer to describe him as rotund.   

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 Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word.

Words For Today:  January 19, 2012

Obtuse

Fiduciary

Inanimate

Obtuse

Not quick or alert in perception, feeling or intellect.  Not sensitive or observant.

Not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.

Indistinctly felt or perceived.

I really thought  Jane's obtuse attitude was less than I expected. 

Fiduciary

A person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.

Pertaining to the relation between a fiduciary and his or her principal.

Of, based on, or in the nature of trust and confidence. 

Depending on public confidence for value or currency.

I am unable to fulfill your request because of my fiduciary responsibility to James. 

Inanimate

Lifeless.

Spiritless; sluggish; dull.

When I visited her at the nursing home, she seemed to hold no emotion, almost inanimate in nature. 

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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word. 

Words For Today:  January 18, 2012

Panacea

Pernicious

Hallowed

Panacea

A remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.

An answer or solution for all problems or difficulties.

Jeff was confident that this new procedure would be the panacea that they were looking for.  

Pernicious

Causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful.

Deadly; fatal.

Obsolete, evil; wicked.

The doctor described the disease as pernicious in nature and held little hope.

Hallowed

Regarded as holy; venerated; sacred.

As the players walked onto the field, their coach spoke of the turf as hallowed ground.