Abandon

Not every word made it into the new series, Word Up.  There are so many that didn’t make it, that I have decided to start a new Chalkboard playlist! Let me know what you...

Measure twice, cut once.

Abnormal: not typical, something out of the ordinary.  Don’t get this word confused with its positive equivalent, exceptional.  If you are abnormal, you are exceptional… in a worrisome sort of way.  Abnormal has an interesting derivation.  Ab, of course, means...

Abduce

Abduce: to draw from; to withdraw; to move a limb away from the body.  This word, like abducent, is used mostly in anatomy.  Example:  While lifting weights in the gym, we might abduce our arms.  Well… some of us might. Abduce derives from Latin ab, away from,...