rud

Usage

• erudite

  Someone who is erudite is steeped in knowledge because they have read and studied extensively.

• rudimentary

  Rudimentary skills and knowledge are basic or simple things that are learned early on in life.

• erudition

  profound scholarly knowledge

• rude

  socially incorrect in behavior

• rudeness

  a manner that is rude and insulting

• rudiment

  the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)