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Miscellaneous words

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factious
repudiate
blandishment
ignominious
fractious

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PRONUNCIATION:

(FRAK-shuhs)

MEANING:

adjective: 1. Irritable; cranky. 2. Unruly.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin fractus, past participle of frangere (to break). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhreg- (to break), which also gave us break, breach, fraction, and fragile. Earliest documented use: 1725.

USAGE:

“This is a tie that could bring an ignominious end to Mourinho’s fractious reign in Madrid.”
Oliver Holt; Thanks to Sir Alex, Jose Will Be Judged at Old Trafford; The Daily Mirror (London, UK); Feb 14, 2013.

See more usage examples of fractious in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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