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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 26, 2012

Sufficient

Iconoclast

Taciturn

Sufficient

Adequate for the purpose, enough.

Competent.

I believe that the amount of research and study that has been completed is sufficient to reach a decision.

Iconoclast

A person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions.

A breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration.

As a non-believer, he really serves as an iconoclast to all of religion.

Taciturn

Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.

Dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.

James is normally taciturn in these settings but tonight he seemed more at ease.