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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 definitions and examples of their use.

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

Words For Today:  May 7, 2012


Migrate

Tenacious

Surreptitious

Migrate

To pass periodically from one region to another.
To shift from one system to another.

The population of the nation continues to migrate closer and closer to the coasts. 

Tenacious

Holding fasts; characterized by keeping a firm hold.
Highly retentive.
Pertinacious, persistent, stubborn or obstinate.

She has been tenacious in not allowing any contact between them. 

Surreptitious

Obtained, done, made by stealth; secret or unauthorized.
Acting in a stealthy way.

His behavior was surreptitious; no one was aware that he was considering such a move.