Welcome to another mind-bending installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Spring is here, and while you're out planting your seeds and bulbs, don't forget to break fresh ground in your brain with a little mental exercise such as learning new words. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:
Perspicacious: (pur-spi-kay-shus) [adjective] having keen insight; discerning. -- "The New York Times Everyday Reader's Dictionary of Misunderstood, Misused, Mispronounced Words, Laurence Urdang, Ed., Weathervane Books, The New York Times Book Company, 1972.
Example: Leigh's perspicacious eye was evident in the fine quality of the antiques she selected for her office.
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