Welcome to another super installment of Word Woman's Weekly Workout! Crossword puzzles, cryptoquotes and Sudoku are all great ways to keep your brain in shape, and so is learning new words. It's time to limber up those neural pathways with the word of the week:
Malpais: Lava-bed country, or more generally, badlands. From the original French meaning "bad country" or land that is bad to travel through. -- "Dictionary of the American West", Winifred Blevins, Facts on File, Inc., 1993
Example: The recent heavy snows in the Missoula have made the valley somewhat of a malpais for travelers heading out for the holidays.
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