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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 26, 2012

Archaic

Remedy

Irresistible

Archaic

Marked by characteristics of an earlier period.
Primitive; ancient; old.

My children think the music that I listen to is archaic and boring.

Remedy

Something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder.
Legal redress; the legal means of enforcing a right or redressing a wrong.

Mom believed that epsom salts was a remedy for whatever ailed you.

Irresistible

Enticing; tempting to possess.
Incapable of being resisted or withstood.

I have always found having ice cream after a pasta dinner too irresistible.