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New Words: Merriam-Webster planned to add nearly 100 new words to the new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary in the fall of 2006. How many are already a part of your vocabulary? Take our quiz and find out.

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Learn more about Noah Webster, the Merriam brothers and their dictionaries and see nearly 30 new words that will appear in the next edition of the Collegiate dictionary.

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      'The Tiger' by W. Blake


      "Tiger! Tiger! burning bright,
      In the forrests of the night ..."
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