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A.Word.A.Day--junto Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio junto (JUN-to) noun A small, usually secret group united for a common interest. [Alteration of junta, Spanish and Portuguese, conference, probably from Latin iuncta, feminine past participle of iungere, to join.] "Not a member of that board, that I conversed with, but expressed the highest detestation of the perverted principles and conduct of the Quaker junto ...." Thomas Paine, Political Works Of Thomas Paine: Number III, Part I. This week's theme: words that sprout other words when beheaded. X-Bonus I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him. -Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

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