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100 Words Everyone Should Know, According to American Heritage

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this list appeared in many American newspapers in the fall of 2002.
Words 1 through 100 of 100

ziggurat   has been listed 54 times with 3 comments

yeoman   has been listed 24 times with 5 comments

xenophobe   has been listed 19 times with 0 comments

wrought   has been listed 30 times with 2 comments

winnow   has been listed 39 times with 0 comments

vortex   has been listed 43 times with 1 comment

vehement   has been listed 45 times with 0 comments

vacuous   has been listed 70 times with 1 comment

usurp   has been listed 60 times with 2 comments

unctuous   has been listed 138 times with 7 comments

totalitarian   has been listed 19 times with 0 comments

thermodynamics   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

tempestuous   has been listed 56 times with 0 comments

tectonic   has been listed 19 times with 0 comments

taxonomy   has been listed 35 times with 0 comments

tautology   has been listed 94 times with 2 comments

supercilious   has been listed 129 times with 8 comments

suffragist   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

subjugate   has been listed 22 times with 1 comment

soliloquy   has been listed 141 times with 6 comments

sanguine   has been listed 255 times with 15 comments

respiration   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments

reparation   has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

reciprocal   has been listed 15 times with 0 comments

recapitulate   has been listed 17 times with 0 comments

quotidian   has been listed 159 times with 8 comments

quasar   has been listed 33 times with 0 comments

precipitous   has been listed 24 times with 0 comments

polymer   has been listed 10 times with 0 comments

plasma   has been listed 17 times with 0 comments

plagiarize   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments

photosynthesis   has been listed 8 times with 0 comments

pecuniary   has been listed 27 times with 0 comments

parameter   has been listed 11 times with 5 comments

paradigm   has been listed 129 times with 9 comments

parabola   has been listed 44 times with 0 comments

oxidize   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments

orthography   has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

omnipotent   has been listed 44 times with 2 comments

oligarchy   has been listed 40 times with 0 comments

obsequious   has been listed 181 times with 1 comment

notarize   has been listed 4 times with 0 comments

nonsectarian   has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

nomenclature   has been listed 82 times with 0 comments

nihilism   has been listed 43 times with 4 comments

nanotechnology   has been listed 13 times with 0 comments

moiety   has been listed 58 times with 4 comments

mitosis   has been listed 9 times with 3 comments

metamorphosis   has been listed 31 times with 3 comments

lugubrious   has been listed 255 times with 19 comments

loquacious   has been listed 317 times with 8 comments

lexicon   has been listed 88 times with 3 comments

laissez-faire   has been listed 23 times with 4 comments

kowtow   has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

kinetic   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments

jejune   has been listed 172 times with 25 comments

irony   has been listed 42 times with 5 comments

interpolate   has been listed 26 times with 0 comments

infrastructure   has been listed 16 times with 0 comments

inculcate   has been listed 61 times with 5 comments

incontrovertible   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments

incognito   has been listed 52 times with 1 comment

impeach   has been listed 10 times with 1 comment

hypotenuse   has been listed 26 times with 0 comments

hubris   has been listed 108 times with 7 comments

homogeneous   has been listed 10 times with 2 comments

hemoglobin   has been listed 12 times with 0 comments

hegemony   has been listed 97 times with 0 comments

gerrymander   has been listed 40 times with 0 comments

gauche   has been listed 76 times with 5 comments

gamete   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments

filibuster   has been listed 62 times with 4 comments

fiduciary   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments

feckless   has been listed 111 times with 9 comments

fatuous   has been listed 87 times with 3 comments

facetious   has been listed 154 times with 7 comments

expurgate   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments

evanescent   has been listed 63 times with 4 comments

euro   has been listed 15 times with 11 comments

equinox   has been listed 49 times with 1 comment

epiphany   has been listed 144 times with 6 comments

enfranchise   has been listed 6 times with 0 comments

enervate   has been listed 71 times with 2 comments

diffident   has been listed 48 times with 0 comments

deleterious   has been listed 74 times with 2 comments

deciduous   has been listed 32 times with 0 comments

circumnavigate   has been listed 28 times with 2 comments

circumlocution   has been listed 90 times with 7 comments

churlish   has been listed 68 times with 1 comment

chromosome   has been listed 9 times with 1 comment

chicanery   has been listed 86 times with 1 comment

bowdlerize   has been listed 56 times with 0 comments

bellicose   has been listed 111 times with 0 comments

belie   has been listed 39 times with 0 comments

auspicious   has been listed 92 times with 0 comments

antebellum   has been listed 41 times with 0 comments

acumen   has been listed 74 times with 2 comments

abstemious   has been listed 76 times with 0 comments

abrogate   has been listed 55 times with 0 comments

abjure   has been listed 48 times with 1 comment

Words 1 through 100 of 100
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over 3 years ago colleen said:

loupea, I've just seen it in another place, apparently Houghton Mifflin sends it round every year.

over 3 years ago loupea said:

I'm active on Lists of Bests and I made this same list there last year.

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4342

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