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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 conversationally and in the written word. 

Words For Today:  June 30, 2012

Chicanery

Proportionate

Garner

Chicanery

Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.
A quibble or subterfuge used to trick.

The group of teens were always trying to out perform their friends by using some chicanery.

Proportionate

Balanced.  Being in due proportion.

The teacher's standard of discipline is directly proportionate to the inappropriate behavior exhibited.

Garner

To gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage space.
To get; acquire; earn.

His political advisors told him that he needed to garner enough support out of the county to be successful.