Here are the meanings of the 10 hardest words that have also been used in Times articles. From 1261 to 1281 the Popes stayed in Viterbo, preferring it to Rome, which had become too hectic for them. — Cold Hands May Signal Raynaud’s Phenomenon (Dec. 5, 2016)5. ennead — a group of nine, sometimes referring to a set of nine Egyptian deities:Mr. Polshek retired from his firm, by then called Polshek Partnership, in 2005. Afterward, as in Vienna, property relations were forever altered, which had an impalpable but unmistakable effect on attitudes. — The War on History Is a War on Democracy (June 29, 2021)The list of the week’s easiest words:

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Persons: tortoni, unroof —, Gregory X, venule, ennead, Polshek, — James Stewart Polshek, —, labile —, — Lawrence Weiner, hamate, Chapman, Rizzo, LeMahieu, impalpable, Tulsans Organizations: Polshek, Democracy Locations: Viterbo, Rome, Greenwood, Vienna