The New York Times recently published a list of the most looked-up words of 2011. Below is a list of the top 20.
I only knew the meanings of 14 out of the 20 words. Just 70%. That’s a C- level of understanding.
Don’t tell my students.
The words that are bolded are the ones that I knew.
1. Panegyric
2. Immiscible
3. Manichaean
4. Inveighs
5. Crepuscular
6. Legerdemain
7. Churlish
8. Risible
9. Anathema
10. Recognizance
11. Omertà
12. Superannuated
13. Perfidy
14. Hauteur
15. Samizdat
16. Avuncular
17. Inchoate
18. Duplicitous
19. Perfunctory
20. Dyspeptic
