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Lesson 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Trilogy | A group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme |
| Trisect | To divide into three parts |
| Triumverate | A group of three especially in authority |
| Quadrant | A quarter of a circle or of its circumference; an early machine for measuring altitudes; any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines |
| Quartet | A musical composition for four voices or instruments; A set of four, especially of four musicians |
| Quatrain | A stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| Decimate | To destroy a large part of; To kill one in every ten |
| Decathlon | An athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events |
| Bicentennial | A two-hundredth anniversary; happening every 200 years |
| Bicentennially | Pertaining to a 100 year period; A centennial |
| Centigrade | Referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees |