[Word Powers] Today's Words

Embark (em-BAHRK) (verb):

 

1.       To board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.

2.       To start something new or important.

 

Today, we bid farewell to Monish, one of the founding Word Power Adjudicators, as he embarks upon a new phase in his career.

 

Retrofit (re-troh-fit) (verb):

 

1.       To fit into or onto existing equipment.

2.       To replace existing parts, equipment, etc., with updated parts or systems.

 

To retrofit solar heating to a poorly insulated house.

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