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Words To Go is a blog for folks who would like to improve and expand 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:  February 7, 2012

Mediate

Accentuated

Obtuse

Mediate

To settle as an intermediary.

To bring about an accord, truce or peace.

To effect or convey a message.

Shawn was employed to mediate the negotiation between the two groups.

Accentuated

To give emphasis or prominence to.

To mark or pronounce with an accent.

Did you notice that Dr. Brown accentuated the passage on the historical relevance between Chamberlain and Churchill?

Obtuse

Not quick or alert in perception.

Not sharp, acute or pointed.

Our dog Badger is not all that obtuse.