Impede

Impede: To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct.  Yesterday, I blogged the word “expedite.”  When you break it down, to expedite, is to un-shackle the feet.  Once the feet are free, things happen faster. To impede someone is the exact opposite.  The Latin verb...

Paraphernalia

Paraphernalia: belongings; the stuff you need for a particular activity; equipment.  From the Greek παρα (pará): beside, and φερνή (phernḗ): things in addition to a dowry.  Φερνή derives from φέρω (phérō): I carry.  Paraphernalia, which now means “stuff”, once upon a...