A Word A Day

Monday

audacious: extremely bold or daring (Eating fried grasshoppers was an audacious move.)

Tuesday

sedentary: accustomed to sitting or taking little exercise (He lead a sedentary lifestyle.)

Wednesday

initial: occurring at the beginning (The initial offering of Facebook stock was a failure.)

Thursday

fiasco: a humiliating failure (Their attempt to cross the ocean in a rubber raft was a fiasco.)

Friday

grandeur: magnificence; splendor (The grandeur of the palace was overwhelming.)