Which words defined 2005?

Check out Merriam-Webster’s Words of the Year for 2005 — the words most often looked up online. Can this be real?

1. integrity
2. refugee
3. contempt
4. filibuster
5. insipid
6. tsunami
7. pandemic
8. conclave
9. levee
10. inept
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Yup, that pretty much sums it up.