Try the following (assuming each word is on a separate line):

use strict;
use warnings;

chomp( my @strings = <> );

print "$_\n" for @strings;
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Usage: perl script.pl word.txt

Update: In case your words are separated by spaces like "foo bar fish cat one two three," even if there are multiple lines, try the following:

use strict;
use warnings;

my @strings;

while (<>) {
    push @strings, split ' ';
}

print "$_\n" for @strings;
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hope the below code will b helpful for you

#!/usr/bin/perl 
use strict;
use warnings;
my @a;
open (FH,'<',$ARGV[0]); #or @ARGV[0]
while(<FH>)
{
push(@a,$_);
}

print "@a";
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Hi nithins,
I think it would be a good practice to check the return of open function and to also close an opened filehandles like

open my $fh,'<',$ARGV[0] or die "can't open file: $!"; 
  ...
close $fh or die "can't close file: $!";
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Except one is doinguse autodie qw(open close);
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If you show me, I'll remember.
if you involve me, I'll understand.
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@ARGV[0] will open the word.txt file

@ARGV is the array that contains the command-line arguments intended for the script.
In Perl Programming, to get the first element of an array(such as @ARGV), you use $ARGV[0], not @ARGV[0].
Please note the usage of "$" and "@".
Please also check What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?