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Word of the Week: Rigorous

Word of the Week: Rigorous

rigorous

[rig-er-uhs]

(adjective)

Rigorous means extremely thorough, careful and very accurate.

How exhilarating it feels after we complete a rigorous assignment!

(Middle English) < (Medieval Latin) rigorosus < rigor-stiffness + ous-full of

First used in 1350

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The Word of the Week (WOW) program was inaugurated at the Muhlenberg School District in 2010 and for the past eight years, the school district, local community and beyond have been involved in promoting literacy through the Word of the Week (WOW) vocabulary initiative.