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7th Eng Voc 1&2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MONOS (Greek) | "one" |
| monologue | n. a long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group |
| monarch | n.1. a person who rules a kingdom or empire; a king or queen, emperor or empress 2. a large black and orange American butterfly |
| monogram | n. a design composed of letters, usually the first letter of a name. |
| monopoly | n.1. exclusive control of the trade of some item or service 2. sole ownership or control of anything |
| monolith | n.1. a large block of stone 2. a large organization that acts as a single unit |
| UNUS (Latin) | "one" |
| unanimous | adj. being in complete agreement |
| unilateral | adj. one-sided; done by or affecting one person, group, or country, etc. and not another. |
| DUO (Latin) | "two" |
| duplex | n. a dwelling with two living units |
| duplicate | tr. v. to make an identical copy or double of something; to repeat |
| BI (Latin) | "two" |
| bilateral | adj.1. having two sides 2. made between two persons or groups |
| bipartisan | adj. involving two politcal parties |
| bisect | tr.n. to divide into two equal parts |
| TRI (Greek) | "three" |
| TRES (Latin) | "three" |
| trilogy | n. a group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme |
| trisect | tr.v. to divide into three parts |
| triumvirate | n. a group of three, especially in authority |
| QUARTUS (Latin) | "fourth" |
| QUATOR (Latin) | "four" |
| quadrant | n.1. (math) a quarter of a circle or its circumference 2. an early machine for measuring altitudes 3. any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines |
| quartet | n.1. a usical composition for 4 voices or instuments 2. a set of 4, especialy 4 musicians |
| quatrain | n. a stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| DECEM (Latin) | "ten" |
| decimate | tr.v. to destroy a large part of 2. to kill one in every ten |
| decathlon | n. an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events |
| CENTUM (Latin) | "hundred" |
| bicentennial | n. a two-hundredth aniversary adj. happening every two years |
| centenary | adj. pertaining to a 100-year period |
| centigrade | adj. referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degreeswhere water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees |
| DUPLEX (Latin) | "twofold" |