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Spellbound by Ken, Part II

As it turns out, I did win a t-shirt. I just checked my email, and there was a message from Monday informing me that I'd "posted the high score on www.besoysmart.com for Thursday, June 2nd". Here are two more fifty-cent words that I learned as a result of playing their game…

• usufructuary

  Main Entry: ¹usu•fruc•tu•ary
  
  Pronunciation: "yü-z&-'fr&k-ch&-"wer-E, -s&-
  

  Function: noun
  
  1 : one having the usufruct of property
  2 : one having the use or enjoyment of something

• psittacism

  /SiD eh sizem/ mechanical, repetitive (parrot-like) speech without thought of the meaning of the words spoken

  IN BRIEF: Automatic speech without thought of the meaning of the words spoken.

  Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

  Posted by rv at June 9, 2007 11:35 PM to geek