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Click on each of the words for their definitions in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.

2007

  1. w00t
  2. facebook
  3. conundrum
  4. quixotic
  5. blamestorm
  6. sardoodledom
  7. apathetic
  8. Pecksniffian
  9. hypocrite
  10. charlatan

2006

  1. truthiness
  2. google
  3. decider
  4. war
  5. insurgent
  6. terrorism
  7. vendetta
  8. sectarian
  9. quagmire
  10. corruption

2005

  1. integrity
  2. refugee
  3. contempt
  4. filibuster
  5. insipid
  6. tsunami
  7. pandemic
  8. conclave
  9. levee
  10. inept

2004

  1. blog
  2. incumbent
  3. electoral
  4. insurgent
  5. hurricane
  6. cicada
  7. peloton
  8. partisan
  9. sovereignty
  10. defenestration

2003

  1. democracy
  2. quagmire
  3. quarantine
  4. matrix
  5. marriage
  6. slog
  7. gubernatorial
  8. plagiarism
  9. outage
  10. batten

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