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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 are featured with their defintions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use these words both conversationally and in the written word. 

Words For Today:  April 23, 2012


Rarely

Digress

Usurp

Rarely

Infrequently; seldom.
Exceptionally; in an unusual degree.

She would be the first to tell you that she is rarely wrong. 

Digress

To deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in writing or speaking.
Depart from the principal line of study.

It is a common experience to have committee members digress when conversation involves individual personalities within the group. 

Usurp

To seize and hold by force or without legal right.
To use without authority or right.
Employ wrongfully.

The political process in that nation frequently sees someone rise and usurp the democratic principles the people had hoped for.