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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:  July 3, 2012

Impasse

Infamy

Abeyance

Impasse

A position or situation from which theer is no escape.
Deadlock.

The labor negotiations between the union members and management is at an impasse.

Infamy

Extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation.
Infamous character or conduct.
An infamous act.

It is difficult to imagine such infamy could have come my way.

Abeyance

Temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension.

The divorce action had been in abeyance for years until the recent action by the plantiff.