PUNCT (POINT) PUNCTUATE, PUNCTUAL, PUNCTILIOUS

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PUNCT (POINT) PUNCTUATE, PUNCTUAL, PUNCTILIOUS

• PUNCT means point.
• To punctuate is to insert periods, exclamation
  points, and other symbols into writing punctual
  means at the appointed time and punctilious
  means observing points of correct behavior!
• Spanishpuntilloso

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trib (pay) tribute, retribution, diatribe

• TRIB means pay.
• A tribute is the paying of honor retribution is
  revengeful payback and a diatribe is a speech of
  abusive criticism!
• Spanishdiatriba

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CAP (take) capture, captivate, captious

• CAP means take.
• To capture someone is to take him prisoner to
  captivate someone is to take control of her
  fascination and to be captious is to be
  fault-finding, to say and do things designed to
  catch someone!
• Spanishcapcioso

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pond (weight) ponder, preponderance, ponderous

• POND means weight.
• To ponder is to reflect on weighty matters the
  preponderance of the evidence is the bulk of it
  and a ponderous load is a heavy one!
• Spanishponderoso

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RECT (right) correct, rectify, rectitude

• RECT means right.
• To correct is to change from wrong to right to
  rectify something is to make it right and
  rectitude is moral uprightness!
• Spanishrecitud

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Advanced Word Diatribe

• The English noun diatribe, from the Latin
  diatriba, which came to Rome from the Greek
  diatribe, means a bitter speech of abusive
  criticism. A diatribe tends to be prolonged, and
  ironical, and can even be written, though we
  think of diatribes primarily as spoken. In Dava
  Sobels book Longitude, about a mans struggle to
  invent a reliable marine chronometer, a diatribe
  is written in clear, plain English.

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Caesars English II Lesson XIX

• Stem meaning Examples
• PUNCT POINT punctuate, punctual
• TRIB PAY tribute, tributary
• CAP take capture, captivate
• POND WEIGHT ponder, preponderance
• RECT RIGHT correct, rectangle

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• BALLOON PONDEROUS
• rectify correct
• delay punctual
• speak diatribe
• burden heavy

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• BALLOON PONDEROUS
• rectify correct
• delay punctual
• speak diatribe
• burden heavy

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• PONDER IDEA
• tribute pay
• retribution vengeance
• rectify mistake
• punctilious conduct

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• PONDER IDEA
• tribute pay
• retribution vengeance
• rectify mistake
• punctilious conduct

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• Find the best opposite.
• CAPTIVATE
• bore
• rectify
• tedium
• punctuate

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• Find the best opposite.
• CAPTIVATE
• bore
• rectify
• tedium
• punctuate

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• DIATRIBE
• preponderance
• euphemism
• tribute
• speech

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• DIATRIBE
• preponderance
• euphemism
• tribute
• speech

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• The Roman legions were _____________ by the
  countryside of Gaul .
• captivated
• pondered
• rectified
• punctuated

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• The Roman legions were _____________ by the
  countryside of Gaul .
• captivated
• pondered
• rectified
• punctuated

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• The legions transported their ___________
  equipment up the mountainside.
• captious
• punctual
• punctilious
• ponderous

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• The legions transported their ___________
  equipment up the mountainside.
• captious
• punctual
• punctilious
• ponderous

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• The barbarian leader delivered a violent
  _____________ against the Romans.
• preponderance
• rectitude
• diatribe
• capture

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• The barbarian leader delivered a violent
  _____________ against the Romans.
• preponderance
• rectitude
• diatribe
• capture

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The Grammar of Vocabulary captious, an
adjective.

• The captious remark showed his
  suspicious attitude.
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Caesars Classic Words Challenge

• From Joseph Hellers Catch-22
• He brooded in _______________ speculation over
  the cryptic message.
• punctual
• ponderous
• captious
• punctilious

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Caesars Classic Words Challenge

• From Joseph Hellers Catch-22
• He brooded in _______________ speculation over
  the cryptic message.
• punctual
• ponderous
• captious
• punctilious

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• From Thomas Hardys The Return of the Native
• It was an error which could never be
  ____________.
• captivated
• rectified
• pondered
• punctuated

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• From Thomas Hardys The Return of the Native
• It was an error which could never be
  ____________.
• captivated
• rectified
• pondered
• punctuated

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• From Jane Austens Emma
• Iwas too cheerful in my views to be
  _____________ .
• ponderous
• punctual
• punctilious
• captious

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• From Jane Austens Emma
• Iwas too cheerful in my views to be
  _____________ .
• ponderous
• punctual
• punctilious
• captious