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Caesar’s English II

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.

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Caesar’s English II

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  1. Caesar’s English II Lesson XV

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Advanced Word: Pugnacious The 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.”

  8. Caesar’s English II Lesson XV Stem meaning Example culp blame culprit pugn fight Pugnacious urb city urban numer number Numeral acr sharp acrid

  9. PUGILIST : PUGNACIOUS :: • urban : suburban • culprit : culpable • exculpate : innocent • enumerate : items

  10. PUGILIST : PUGNACIOUS :: • urban : suburban • culprit : culpable • exculpate : innocent • enumerate : items

  11. OPPUGN : SANCTION :: • pugilist : glove • city : suburb • supernumerary : extra • exculpate : convict

  12. OPPUGN : SANCTION :: • pugilist : glove • city : suburb • supernumerary : extra • exculpate : convict

  13. Find the best opposite. ACRIMONY • pugnacity • verisimilitude • urbanity • harmony

  14. Find the best opposite. ACRIMONY • pugnacity • verisimilitude • urbanity • harmony

  15. PUGNACIOUS • mollifying • oppugning • enumerating • exculpating

  16. PUGNACIOUS • mollifying • oppugning • enumerating • exculpating

  17. The gladiators were trained as expert ___________. • culprits • pugilists • supernumeraries • interlocutors

  18. The gladiators were trained as expert ___________. • culprits • pugilists • supernumeraries • interlocutors

  19. Prisoners captured in Gaul were rarely ____________. • exculpated • oppugned • disputed • enumerated

  20. Prisoners captured in Gaul were rarely ____________. • exculpated • oppugned • disputed • enumerated

  21. The spectacles in the Colosseum required a great many ______________. • acrimonies • numerals • exculpations • supernumeraries

  22. The spectacles in the Colosseum required a great many ______________. • acrimonies • numerals • exculpations • supernumeraries

  23. The Grammar of Vocabulary: pugnancious, an adjective. The pugnacious Gauls were no match for the legions. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________

  24. Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge From Frederick Douglass’s Narrative I would allow myself to suffer…rather than ______________ myself. • enumerate • oppugn • exculpate • impute

  25. Caesar’s Classic Words Challenge From Frederick Douglass’s Narrative I would allow myself to suffer…rather than ______________ myself. • enumerate • oppugn • exculpate • impute

  26. From James Watson’s The Double Helix Rosy and Gosling were ___________ assertive. • urbanely • acrimoniously • culpably • pugnaciously

  27. From James Watson’s The Double Helix Rosy and Gosling were ___________ assertive. • urbanely • acrimoniously • culpably • pugnaciously

  28. From Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre They treated her with coldness and ___________. • enumeration • acrimony • pugnacity • urbanity

  29. From Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre They treated her with coldness and ___________. • enumeration • acrimony • pugnacity • urbanity

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