Word Woman

Welcome to another outrageous episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! This is the last in our series of words which are often confused due to how similar they look and/or sound. And our Words of the Week are: Disparate -- 1 : containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements 2 : markedly distinct in quality or character http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disparate and... Desperate -- 1 a : having lost hope desperate spirit crying for relief> b : giving no ground for hope desperate> 2 a : moved by despair desperate by abuse> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desperate?show=0&t=1291907560 Example: If I have to watch one more movie about disparate people trapped together in a typical small-town diner under desperate circumstances, I just might throw my television out the window.