Word Woman

Welcome to another mind-bending episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Brain power is a use-it-or-lose-it proposition, so keep your mental motor firing on all four cylinders with activities like crossword puzzles, cryptoquotes, sudoku and by learning new words. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Glabrous [adjective] bald; hairless; smooth -- "The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, Mispronounced Words", Laurence Urdang, Ed., The New York Times Book Company, 1972.

Example: The glare from Patrick's glabrous head was so blinding as to actually cause traffic accidents in the summer when he drove his convertible with the top down.