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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 19, 2012

Ostracize

Delude

Conceited

Ostracize

To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation.

To banish.

They felt it necessary to ostracize Toby from the group because of his behavior.

Delude

To mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.

To mock or frustrate the hopes or aims

To elude or evade.

He stated that the purpose of the exercise was to delude the committee members so that they would understand the value of the committee working together. 

Conceited

Having an excessively favorable opinion of one’s abilities, appearance.

It isn’t that George is just arrogant; he’s exceedingly conceited when it comes to what he thinks he knows.