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Lesson 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| quadrant | a quarter of a circle or of its circumference |
| quartet | a musical composition for four voices or instruments |
| quatrain | a stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| decimate | to destroy a large part of |
| decathlon | an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events |
| bicentennial | a two-hundredth anniversary |
| centenary | pertaining to a 100-year period |
| centigrade | referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees |