Day-140 (Rudimentary)

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Word:
                Rudimentary

Status:
                Adjective

Meaning:
                 Basic or very simple: not very developed or advanced.

Sentences:
1) This class requires a rudimentary knowledge of the human anatomy.
2) Some insects have only rudimentary wings.

Origin:
               Latin rudimentum which means 'beginning', from rudus which means 'raw'.

First use:
                1839

Synonyms:
                 crude, raw, basic, simple, low, primitive

Antonyms:
                 advanced, developed, evolved, high, higher, late.

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