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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:  July 12, 2012

Artifice

Indemnify

Torpid

Artifice

A clever trick or stratagem; a unning, crafy device or expedient.
Trickery; guile; craftiness.
Cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness.

The story was crafted wtih artifice and elegance.

Indemnify

To compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred.
To guard or secure against anticipated loss; give security against.

The not-for-profit group has asked us to make sure that we indemnify them through out insurance carrier.

Torpid

Inactive or sluggish.
Slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic
Dormant.

Since my illness and hospitalization, I have felt very torpid and without energy.