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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to improve and expand 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 23, 2012

Winsome

Officious

Sentimental

Winsome

Sweetly or innocently charming.
Winning; engaging. 

Elodia's personality and great work ethic is complimented by her winsome smile.

Officious

Objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services.
Marked by or proceeding from such forwardness.

Her attitude with me is always officious making me feel unhappy.

Sentimental

Expressive of or appealing to sentiment; especially the tender emotions and feelings.
Weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender.

Jorge always gets very sentimental when he speaks of his family in Mexico.