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Rightly or wrongly, I say it: DEZ-el-tory. And I do know what it means, she replied casually.
And that reminds me of a gripe I have about those Word Power tests in Reader's Digest: nearly every one of them will have a "correct" definition that isn't, really. I guess they try to keep them short, but some of them leave a lot to be desired. The latest ex. was 'impugn' being defined as 'attack'.
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