Wordie: 100 Words Everyone Should Know, According to American Heritage

ziggurat has been listed 34 times with 3 comments

yeoman has been listed 13 times with 3 comments

xenophobe has been listed 15 times with 0 comments

wrought has been listed 22 times with 0 comments

winnow has been listed 28 times with 0 comments

vortex has been listed 35 times with 1 comment

vehement has been listed 33 times with 0 comments

vacuous has been listed 57 times with 1 comment

usurp has been listed 47 times with 1 comment

unctuous has been listed 98 times with 6 comments

totalitarian has been listed 14 times with 0 comments

thermodynamics has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

tempestuous has been listed 47 times with 0 comments

tectonic has been listed 14 times with 0 comments

taxonomy has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

tautology has been listed 61 times with 2 comments

supercilious has been listed 95 times with 6 comments

suffragist has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

subjugate has been listed 14 times with 0 comments

soliloquy has been listed 111 times with 6 comments

sanguine has been listed 176 times with 5 comments

respiration has been listed 6 times with 0 comments

reparation has been listed 3 times with 0 comments

reciprocal has been listed 12 times with 0 comments

recapitulate has been listed 13 times with 0 comments

quotidian has been listed 116 times with 6 comments

quasar has been listed 30 times with 0 comments

precipitous has been listed 17 times with 0 comments

polymer has been listed 9 times with 0 comments

plasma has been listed 14 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 17 times with 0 comments

parameter has been listed 11 times with 3 comments

paradigm has been listed 96 times with 7 comments

parabola has been listed 34 times with 0 comments

oxidize has been listed 4 times with 0 comments

orthography has been listed 21 times with 0 comments

omnipotent has been listed 39 times with 2 comments

oligarchy has been listed 29 times with 0 comments

obsequious has been listed 128 times with 0 comments

notarize has been listed 4 times with 0 comments

nonsectarian has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

nomenclature has been listed 56 times with 0 comments

nihilism has been listed 33 times with 4 comments

nanotechnology has been listed 12 times with 0 comments

moiety has been listed 36 times with 4 comments

mitosis has been listed 7 times with 3 comments

metamorphosis has been listed 28 times with 3 comments

lugubrious has been listed 175 times with 17 comments

loquacious has been listed 222 times with 2 comments

lexicon has been listed 73 times with 3 comments

laissez-faire has been listed 14 times with 0 comments

kowtow has been listed 18 times with 0 comments

kinetic has been listed 23 times with 0 comments

jejune has been listed 114 times with 20 comments

irony has been listed 29 times with 1 comment

interpolate has been listed 23 times with 0 comments

infrastructure has been listed 11 times with 0 comments

inculcate has been listed 49 times with 5 comments

incontrovertible has been listed 26 times with 0 comments

incognito has been listed 41 times with 1 comment

impeach has been listed 8 times with 1 comment

hypotenuse has been listed 22 times with 0 comments

hubris has been listed 84 times with 6 comments

homogeneous has been listed 7 times with 2 comments

hemoglobin has been listed 11 times with 0 comments

hegemony has been listed 69 times with 0 comments

gerrymander has been listed 37 times with 0 comments

gauche has been listed 55 times with 4 comments

gamete has been listed 5 times with 0 comments

filibuster has been listed 53 times with 3 comments

fiduciary has been listed 20 times with 0 comments

feckless has been listed 81 times with 5 comments

fatuous has been listed 56 times with 3 comments

facetious has been listed 120 times with 2 comments

expurgate has been listed 23 times with 0 comments

evanescent has been listed 36 times with 0 comments

euro has been listed 11 times with 0 comments

equinox has been listed 34 times with 1 comment

epiphany has been listed 102 times with 4 comments

enfranchise has been listed 2 times with 0 comments

enervate has been listed 46 times with 1 comment

diffident has been listed 31 times with 0 comments

deleterious has been listed 51 times with 1 comment

deciduous has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

circumnavigate has been listed 25 times with 2 comments

circumlocution has been listed 54 times with 2 comments

churlish has been listed 52 times with 1 comment

chromosome has been listed 6 times with 1 comment

chicanery has been listed 64 times with 1 comment

bowdlerize has been listed 38 times with 0 comments

bellicose has been listed 75 times with 0 comments

belie has been listed 28 times with 0 comments

auspicious has been listed 61 times with 0 comments

antebellum has been listed 32 times with 0 comments

acumen has been listed 53 times with 1 comment

abstemious has been listed 59 times with 0 comments

abrogate has been listed 35 times with 0 comments

abjure has been listed 25 times with 0 comments

about 1 year ago colleen said:

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

about 1 year ago loupea said: Cool

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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