Caesars English Lesson Nine Stem meaning examples cred
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Caesar’s English Lesson Nine
Stem meaning examples cred believe incredulous, credible, incredible, credit miss send missive, remiss, emission cide kill regicide, homicide, suicide dict say contradict, edict, contradiction, dictator, dictionary bell war rebellion, belligerent, bellicose,
●CRED means believe When we can’t believe someone, we are incredulous, a credo (pronounced kreedo) is a set of beliefs, and something is credible when it is believable!
●MISS means send A missive is a letter that you send, to be remiss in your duty means that we have to send you back to do it again, and an emission is like car exhaust, that is sent out!
●CIDE means kill To kill a king is regicide, to kill a human is homicide, and to kill a brother is fratricide!
●DICT means say An edict is an official public statement that has the force of law, a malediction is a curse, and to contradict is to say something against another’s statement.
BELL means war. ●A rebellion is a war of opposition, the adjective bellicose means extremely warlike, and belligerent is another word that means warlike and hostile.
Rebellion
Caesar’s Analogy Regicide : Homicide: : 1. Missive : Communication 2. Incredulous : Gullible 3. Friendly : Furious 4. Malediction : Blessing
Caesar’s Analogy Regicide : Homicide: : Regicide is a type of homicide. 1. Missive : Communication 2. Incredulous : Gullible 3. Friendly : Furious
Caesar’s Analogy Regicide : Homicide: : 1. Missive : Communication 2. Incredulous : Gullible 3. Friendly : Furious 4. Malediction : Blessing
Advanced Word : Bellicose ●The adjective bellicose, from the Latin bellicosus, contains the stems bell (war) and ose (full of). Bellicose means really warlike, inclined to start quarrels or wars. ●A good synonym for bellicose is the adjective pugnacious, which means wanting to fight.
Stem meaning examples cred believe incredulous, credible, credit card, incredible miss send missive, remiss, dismiss, emission, admission testing
Stem meaning examples cide kill regicide, homicide, suicidal dict say contradict, edict, dictator, dictionary bell war rebellion, belligerent, bellicose
