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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 are 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 9, 2012

Master

Harbor

Warranted

Master

A person with the ability or power to use, control.

An employer of workers or servants.

The male head of a household.

A person eminently skilled in something, as an occupation.

The work in the classroom has made a difference for Josh as he tries to master the English language.

Harbor

A part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring ships.

Such a body of water having docks.

To give shelter to; to offer refuge to.

To conceal or hide.

To keep or hold in the mind.

I harbor no ill feelings toward my former employer.

Warranted

Authorization, sanction, or justification.

Something considered as having the force of a guarantee.

A writing or document certifying or authorizing something.

I believe that his actions were not warranted given the limited scope of those affected.