today was not a good day for words. i mean not to get you all melancholy about vocab right outta the gate but just don't count on me for your lexical improvement today. maybe read a book?
fractious is merriam-webster's word of the day. it means "tending to be troublesome or unruly". this isn't horrible. the best part is the little etymology note where it explains that fraction used to mean discord or disharmony, which makes third grade math classes sound a lot more exciting. however, i'm pretty sure this is a word i was supposed to learn for the SAT, so i feel awkward about trying to use it in a sentence. it feels more like something i should use in an analogy. C-.
bestow is dictionary.com's word. for real? still means "to present as a gift or honor, confer". still derived from the word stow. still pretty boring. D-.
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