Sameer Mishra, of West Lafayette, Ind., took home the top prize in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this weekend, correctly nailing the word “guerdon,” meaning reward.
What, you’d like me to use it in a sentence? OK:
If you go over and sign DFER’s online Statement of Principles and help support our political action committee you will receive a handsome guerdon as you help us build a movement of reform-minded Democrats.
G-U-E-R-D-O-N, guerdon.