studyzone.org

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:  February 14, 2012

Protectorate

Adulterate

Traverse

Protectorate

The relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory.

A state or territory protected.

The office or position, or the term of office.

One could argue that the United States is a protectorate of the nation of South Korea.

Adulterate

To debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements.

Use cheaper, inferior materials in the production of a product.

I believe that their group made a point to save money by choosing to adulterate the specifications agreed upon.

Traverse

To pass or move over.

To go to and fro over or along.

To extend across or over.

Skiing at Bear Mountain required that we traverse rocky areas, trees and shrubbery.