Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader: 10 Words You’ve Never Heard Of

By Ariana Romero

As my mom always says, you learn something new everyday. Today, you can learn ten new things: words! Happy Friday, indeed. As you were celebrating the summer last night, the National Spelling Bee was raging on in Maryland. Although I’m pretty sure we’re all too old to enter the Bee (and can’t correctly spell “guetapens” like those kids), that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t learn some fun words.

Who knows, maybe knowing the definition of “pusillanimous” can come in handy one of these days. And just like your 3rd grade spelling bee, we tell you how to use it in a sentence.

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Ariana Romero is a student at Syracuse University. That would probably explain why she once had a load of laundry filled solely  with orange tee shirts. She watches too much television and reads too much entertainment news than is probably healthy. Follow her on Twitter @ArianaRomero17.

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