Friday, January 10, 2014

THE FIRST WORD

fraughtAudio Pronunciation\FRAWT\
 
DEFINITION
 
adjective
 
:
full of or accompanied by something specified — used with "with"
 
:
causing or characterized by emotional distress or tension : uneasy
 
EXAMPLES
 
 
The new treatment is regarded as promising but fraught with potential side effects.
 
"Parents from some cultures are not as comfortable reading with their children because books were not part of their everyday lives growing up. For other parents, reading with children is afraught activity because of their own negative experiences learning to read." —From an article by Elaine Reese in The Atlantic, December 9, 2013

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