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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.