caesar’s english ii lesson xv. culp (blame) culprit, culpable, exculpate culp means blame. we...
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Caesar’s English II
Lesson XV
culp (blame) culprit, culpable, exculpate
CULP means blame.
We blame the culprit; to be culpable is to be guilty; and to exculpate someone is to free them from blame!
Spanish…culpable
pugn (fight) pugnacious, pugilist, oppugn
PUGN means fight.
A pugnacious person is combative; a puglilist is a fighter; and to oppugn something is to attack or resist it!
Spanish…pugnaz
URB (city) urban, suburb, urbane
URB means city.
An urban environment is a city environment; the suburbs are the neighborhoods around the city; and an urbane person is sophisticated and citified!
Spanish…urbano
numer (number) numeral, enumeration, supernumerary
NUMER means number.
A numeral is a number; to enumerate is to list; and supernumeraries are extra people!
Spanish…enumeración
acr (sharp) acrid, acerbity, acrimony
ACR means sharp.
An acrid smell such as ammonia is sharp; acerbity is sharpness of temper; and acrimony is a sharp and heated dispute!
Spanish…acrimonia
Advanced Word: PugnaciousThe adjective pugnacious
comes from the stems pugn, fight, and ous, full of. To be pugnacious is to be combative, ready to fight anyone. Pugnacious people are aggressive and ready to challenge. Sometimes they seem insulting, with a chip on their shoulder. In 1974 E.L. Doctorow wrote, in his novel Ragtime, that “This caused him to tile his chin upwards in order to see, giving him a pugnacious look.” In Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22 a character “thundered pugnaciously in a voice loud enough to rattle the whole building.”
Caesar’s English II Lesson XV
Stem meaning Example
culp blame culprit
pugn fight Pugnacious
urb city urban
numer number Numeral
acr sharp acrid
PUGILIST : PUGNACIOUS ::
a. urban : suburban
b. culprit : culpable
c. exculpate : innocent
d. enumerate : items
PUGILIST : PUGNACIOUS ::
a. urban : suburban
b. culprit : culpable
c. exculpate : innocent
d. enumerate : items
OPPUGN : SANCTION ::
a. pugilist : glove
b. city : suburb
c. supernumerary : extra
d. exculpate : convict
OPPUGN : SANCTION ::
a. pugilist : glove
b. city : suburb
c. supernumerary : extra
d. exculpate : convict
Find the best opposite.
ACRIMONY
a. pugnacity
b. verisimilitude
c. urbanity
d. harmony
Find the best opposite.
ACRIMONY
a. pugnacity
b. verisimilitude
c. urbanity
d. harmony
PUGNACIOUS
a. mollifying
b. oppugning
c. enumerating
d. exculpating
PUGNACIOUS
a. mollifying
b. oppugning
c. enumerating
d. exculpating
The gladiators were trained as expert ___________.
a. culprits
b. pugilists
c. supernumeraries
d. interlocutors
The gladiators were trained as expert ___________.
a. culprits
b. pugilists
c. supernumeraries
d. interlocutors
Prisoners captured in Gaul were rarely ____________.
a. exculpated
b. oppugned
c. disputed
d. enumerated
Prisoners captured in Gaul were rarely ____________.
a. exculpated
b. oppugned
c. disputed
d. enumerated
The spectacles in the Colosseum required a great many ______________.
a. acrimonies
b. numerals
c. exculpations
d. supernumeraries
The spectacles in the Colosseum required a great many ______________.
a. acrimonies
b. numerals
c. exculpations
d. supernumeraries
The Grammar of Vocabulary: pugnancious, an adjective.
The pugnacious Gauls were no match for the legions.
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Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge
From Frederick Douglass’s Narrative
I would allow myself to suffer…rather than ______________ myself.
a. enumerate
b. oppugn
c. exculpate
d. impute
Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge
From Frederick Douglass’s Narrative
I would allow myself to suffer…rather than ______________ myself.
a. enumerateb. oppugnc. exculpated. impute
From James Watson’s The Double Helix
Rosy and Gosling were ___________ assertive.
a. urbanely
b. acrimoniously
c. culpably
d. pugnaciously
From James Watson’s The Double Helix
Rosy and Gosling were ___________ assertive.
a. urbanely
b. acrimoniously
c. culpably
d. pugnaciously
From Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
They treated her with coldness and ___________.
a. enumeration
b. acrimony
c. pugnacity
d. urbanity
From Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
They treated her with coldness and ___________.
a. enumeration
b. acrimony
c. pugnacity
d. urbanity