Thursday, September 30, 2010

Word Woman


Welcome to another amazing installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! A mind is a terrible thing to waste, so keep yours active with mental exercises such as crossword puzzles, sudoku, cryptoquotes and by learning new words. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Propitious:

1: favorably disposed : benevolent

2: being a good omen : auspicious (propitious sign)

3: tending to favor : advantageous


"propitious", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propitious, 9/23/2010


Example: It was a propitious moment for Casey when he stopped to give a ride to a man whose car had broken down by the side of the road, as he later found out when he showed up for his job interview and found that the man was his prospective boss.

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