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Dive into words like culprit, pugilist, urban, and more from this language lesson. Understand meanings, origins, and usage of these terms for better English comprehension. Enhance your vocabulary with this insightful guide.
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Caesar’s English Lesson 15
culprit • The culprit was to blame for the robbery. • Culpable, exculpate, inculpate
culp = blameculprit • The culprit was to blame for the robbery. • Culpable, exculpate, inculpate
pugilist • The pugilist likes to fight with his hands. • Pugnacious, repugnant, impugn
pugn = fightpugilist • The pugilist likes to fight with his hands. • Pugnacious, repugnant, impugn
urban • He didn’t want to live in the country, he wanted to live in an urban environment. • Suburbs, urbanite, urbanism, urbanologist
urb = cityurban • He didn’t want to live in the country, he wanted to live in an urban environment. • Suburbs, urbanite, urbanism, urbanologist
roman numeral • II is the roman numeral for 2. • Numerous, numerology, enumerate
numer = numberroman numeral • II is the roman numeral for 2. • Numerous, numerology, enumerate
acrid • The skunk gave off an acrid smell. • Acerbity, acrimony, acerate
acr = sharpacrid • The skunk gave off an acrid smell. • Acerbity, acrimony, acerate
Culp sharp • Pugn city • Urb number • Numer blame • Acr fight
Culp • Pugn • Urb • Numer • Acr
Dormitory • The students slept in the dormitory. • Dormant, dormancy, dormer, dormitive
dorm = sleepDormitory • The students slept in the dormitory. • Dormant, dormancy, dormer, dormitive
projector • The projector throws the picture onto the wall. • Dejected, interjection, eject, reject, inject, subject
ject = throwprojector • The projector throws the picture onto the wall. • Dejected, interjection, eject, reject, inject, subject
magnificent • The diamond looked magnificent. • Magnate, magnanimous
magn = greatmagnificent • The diamond looked magnificent. • Magnate, magnanimous
verdict • The judge determined the truth and then handed down the verdict. • Verify, veracity, veritable
ver = trueverdict • The judge determined the truth and then handed down the verdict. • Verify, veracity, veritable
computer • The computer will think for me. • Impute, dispute, reputation, disreputable
put = thinkcomputer • The computer will think for me. • Impute, dispute, reputation, disreputable
Ject think • Dorm great • Magn true • Ver throw • Put sleep
Ject • Dorm • Magn • Ver • Put