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Pat’s Word of the Day: Vicissitudes

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“Vicissitudes,” an underwater sculpture in Grenada by Jason deCaires Taylor, honors the Africans who went through the Middle Passage of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Courtesy of Cohabitaire.

WRBH Volunteer and Resident Wordsmith Pat Ammon brings us a featured word of the day each Wednesday. Today’s word is…

Vicissitudes
noun:
1. a change or variation.
2. one of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one’s life.

 

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