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After several years of posting on Blogger, we've decided to make a change: we're moving to Tumblr. We've been working on this switch for a while now, and it's been up for public viewing for a couple weeks (you might have noticed the new link on our official website), but this is our first time announcing it to our regular blog readers.

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Word Woman

Welcome to another wild and woolly episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! While you're out enjoying the summer weather, why not expand your mental horizons with a little life-long learning, such as improving your vocabulary? Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Nebulous:

1. of, related to, or resembling a nebula; nebular

2. indistinct, vague

from the latin nebulosus, misty, from nebula

-- "nebulous", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nebulous , 6/4/2011.

Example: Carl's nebulous recollection of where he parked his car resulted in a leisurely twenty minute stroll up and down the lanes of the parking lot in the pouring rain.

Word Woman

Welcome to another mind-bending installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! It's time to stretch those neural pathways with a little bit of mental exercise, like learning a new word. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Salubrious:

favorable to or promoting well-being


-- "salubrious", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious , 5/21/11


Example: The salubrious effects of eating grapefruit are not to be overlooked.

Word Woman

Welcome to another astonishing episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! School may be out for the summer, but don't forget to keep your brain in shape with a little mental exercise, like learning new words. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:


Lugubrious:

1. mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful lugubrious brooding — V. S. Pritchett>

2. dismal lugubrious landscape>


-- "lugubrious", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lugubrious , 5/20/2011


Example: In spite of the lugubrious atmosphere of the restaurant, it was remarkably popular as a meeting place for business executives on their lunch breaks.

Word Woman

Welcome to another exciting installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! It's June at last, and officially time to get started with your summer reading. I hope that you've picked out a few good books to help turn your summer into an adventure in reading. Here's the Word of the Week, for those who are interested in being adventurous with their vocabulary:

Vituperative:

1. Uttering or giving censure

2. Containing or characterized by verbal abuse

"vituperative", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vituperative?show=0&t=1305055598 , 5/19/2011.


Example: Because of the vituperative quality of his comments at the rehearsal dinner, Brad was excused from his duties as best man at the wedding.