http://www.wordnik.com/lists/words-that-second-graders-don-t-know.xml 1. Tell your second graders to get ready for their weekly spelling test. <br /> <br />2. Tell them that the first word is serendipitous. <br /> <br />3. 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14 Jan 2007 13:54:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/quaquaversal http://www.wordnik.com/words/acrimonious Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:46:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/acrimonious http://www.wordnik.com/words/obeisance Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:08:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/obeisance http://www.wordnik.com/words/catatonic Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:58:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/catatonic http://www.wordnik.com/words/portmanteau Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:57:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/portmanteau http://www.wordnik.com/words/macabre Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:57:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/macabre http://www.wordnik.com/words/reduplication Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:57:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/reduplication http://www.wordnik.com/words/petulant Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:57:13 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/petulant http://www.wordnik.com/words/vitiate Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:54:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/vitiate http://www.wordnik.com/words/calumniate Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:52:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/calumniate http://www.wordnik.com/words/sobriquet Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:52:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sobriquet http://www.wordnik.com/words/doppelganger Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:24:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/doppelganger http://www.wordnik.com/words/rapacious Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:23:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rapacious http://www.wordnik.com/words/etagere Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:22:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/etagere http://www.wordnik.com/words/prestidigitation Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:31:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/prestidigitation http://www.wordnik.com/words/supercilious Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:27:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/supercilious http://www.wordnik.com/words/confluence Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:09:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/confluence http://www.wordnik.com/words/riparian Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:09:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/riparian http://www.wordnik.com/words/copious Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:08:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/copious http://www.wordnik.com/words/repast Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:08:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/repast http://www.wordnik.com/words/verdant Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:08:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/verdant http://www.wordnik.com/words/affable Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:08:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/affable http://www.wordnik.com/words/evanescent Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:07:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/evanescent http://www.wordnik.com/words/irascible Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:07:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/irascible http://www.wordnik.com/words/pugnacious Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:07:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pugnacious http://www.wordnik.com/words/superfluous Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:07:03 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/superfluous http://www.wordnik.com/words/serendipitous Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:06:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/serendipitous http://www.wordnik.com/words/dilettante Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:06:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dilettante http://www.wordnik.com/words/quorum Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:06:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/quorum http://www.wordnik.com/words/avarice Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:06:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/avarice http://www.wordnik.com/words/ebullient Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:06:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ebullient http://www.wordnik.com/words/ameliorate Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:05:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ameliorate http://www.wordnik.com/words/requisite Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:05:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/requisite http://www.wordnik.com/words/diffident Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:05:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/diffident http://www.wordnik.com/words/insouciant Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:05:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/insouciant http://www.wordnik.com/words/paucity Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:04:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/paucity http://www.wordnik.com/words/munificent Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:04:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/munificent http://www.wordnik.com/words/taciturn Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:04:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/taciturn http://www.wordnik.com/words/nefarious Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:04:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/nefarious http://www.wordnik.com/words/diaphanous Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:04:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/diaphanous http://www.wordnik.com/words/alacrity Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:03:55 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/alacrity http://www.wordnik.com/words/inveigh Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:03:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/inveigh http://www.wordnik.com/words/flummox Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:03:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/flummox http://www.wordnik.com/words/arugula Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:03:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/arugula http://www.wordnik.com/words/copasetic Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:03:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/copasetic http://www.wordnik.com/words/syzygy Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:02:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/syzygy http://www.wordnik.com/words/quotidian Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:02:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/quotidian http://www.wordnik.com/words/parsimonious Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:01:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/parsimonious http://www.wordnik.com/words/quisling Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:01:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/quisling http://www.wordnik.com/words/opalescent Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:01:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/opalescent