I had this same problem. I fixed it by copying these lines I found in 
/etc/inputrc to my existing ~/.inputrc file:
"\e[1;5C": forward-word
"\e[1;5D": backward-word
"\e[5C": forward-word
"\e[5D": backward-word
"\e\e[C": forward-word
"\e\e[D": backward-word

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can no longer jump words with CTRL-arrow in gnome-terminal
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/89235
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