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Spell Bee Word: rugged


Basic Details

Word: Rugged

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Rough, rocky and uneven, like hilly land. It can also describe something strong and tough.

Synonyms: rough, rocky, craggy, tough

Antonyms: smooth, even, delicate

How to Spell Rugged

Syllables: rug - ged

Tricky part: There is a double g in the middle. The ending is ed, though it is said more like id.

Watch out for: ruged, ruggad, rugid

Memory tip: Picture a rug so lumpy that you trip on it: start with rug, add a second g, and finish with ed.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The path to the fort was rugged, so we wore strong shoes.

Example 2: Ladakh has rugged mountains with very few trees.

Example 3: This rugged phone cover will protect the phone if it falls.

Fun Fact

Rugged and rug probably share an old Scandinavian root for rough, shaggy cloth. Long ago rugged meant hairy or shaggy.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: rugged

a) smooth
b) rocky
c) rough
d) bumpy

Show answer

a) smooth. Rough, rocky and bumpy describe rugged ground; smooth means the very opposite.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The jeep climbed the ruged mountain road to the old temple before dark.

a) mountain
b) ruged
c) climbed
d) jeep

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b) ruged. The short u needs two g's after it to keep its sound.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dergug

a) rigged
b) nugget
c) rugged
d) ragged

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c) rugged. The jumble holds a u, an r and a d, and only rugged uses all three together.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which place is most likely to be rugged?

a) a rocky hillside
b) a polished marble floor
c) a new cricket pitch
d) a glass window

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a) a rocky hillside

2. A rugged bicycle is one that is ____.

a) only for show
b) too weak to ride
c) strong enough for rough roads
d) made of paper

Show answer

c) strong enough for rough roads

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