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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:  February 23, 2012

 Fret

Invaluable

Tenacious

Fret

To feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent.

To cause corrosion, wearing away.

You should not fret over something that you have no control over. 

Invaluable

Inestimable worth.

Beyond calculable or appraisable value.

Those letters written by my father are invaluable to me. 

Tenacious

Holding fast, characterized by keeping a firm hold.

Highly retentive, pertinacious, persistent.

When she knows her authority is being challenged, she gets tenacious in her work.