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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 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?