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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 these words both conversationally and in the written word.


Words For Today:  March 2, 2012

Appreciable

Jargon

Rudimentary

Appreciable

Sufficient to be readily perceived or estimated; considerable

There seems to be an appreciable difference between what you were quoted and what you were billed. 

Jargon

Language, especially vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade or profession.

Unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing.

Any talk or writing that one does not understand.

It is difficult to follow a conversation with Sam when he starts using his profession's jargon.

Rudimentary

Elementary.

Primitive

She has a rudimentary understanding of the material.