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Vocabulary 1-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| monologue | a long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group |
| monarch | a person who rules a kingdom or empire; a king or queen, an emperor or empress |
| monarch | a large black and orange American butterfly |
| monogram | a design composed of letters. usually the first letter in a name |
| monopoly | exclusive control of the trade in some item or service |
| monopoly | sole ownership o control over something |
| monolith | a large block of stone |
| monolith | a large organization that acts as a single unit |
| MONOS | one |
| unanimous | being in complete agreement |
| unilateral | one sided; done by or affecting one person, group, or country, etc., and not another |
| UNUS | one |
| duplex | a house with two living units |
| duplicate | to make an identical copy of something; to repeat |
| DUO | two |
| DUPLEX | twofold |
| bilateral | having two sides |
| bilateral | made between two persons or groups |
| bipartisan | involving two political parties |
| bisect | to divide into two equal parts |
| BL | two |
| trilogy | a group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme |
| trisect | to divide into three parts |
| triumvirate | a group of three, especially in authority |
| TRI | three |
| TRES | three |
| quadrant | a quarter of a circle or its circumference |
| quadrant | an early machine used for measuring altitudes |
| quadrant | any four parts of an areas divided by two perpendicular lines |
| quartet | a musical composition for four voices or instruments |
| quartet | a set of four, especially musicians |
| quatrain | a stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| QUARTUS | fourth |
| QUATOR | FOUR |
| decimate | to destroy a large part of |
| decimate | to kill one in every 10 |
| decathlon | an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in 10 events |
| DECEM | ten |
| bicentennial | n. two hundredth anniversary |
| bicentennial | adj. happening every 200 years |
| centenary | adj. pertaining to a 100-year period |
| centenary | n. a centennial-hundredth anniversary |
| centigrade | adj. referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and build at 100 degrees |