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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:  June 7, 2012

Fabricate

Cynical

Disobedience

Fabricate

To make by art or skill and labor; construct.
To devise or invent.
To fake; forge.

Steven often made a point to fabricate a story in order to gain a laugh.

Cynical

Distrusting or disparaging the motives of others.
Bitterly distrustful, contemptuous or pessimistic.

His father always displayed a cynical attitude when it came to elected officials.

Disobedience

Refusal to comply.
Disregard or transgression.

Joseph frequently showed signs of disobedience in the classroom when it came to listening.