A Word A Day

Monday

Escapade: a mischievous adventure (My grandfather used to tell us all about his many escapades.)

Tuesday

Ballad: a simple song; a slow or sentimental popular song (In the future, they'll sing ballads about us.)

Wednesday

Automatic: largely or wholly involuntary (For the rest of the day, her actions were automatic.)

Thursday

Pragmatic: concerned with practical, rather than intellectual or artistic matters (The mayor got the job done, although some said he was to pragmatic.)

Friday

Alert: being watchful and ready to meet danger; quick to understand and act (If those students hadn't been so alert, the bus driver may have never seen the deer in the road.)