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Lesson 2 Vocab - Grade 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| trilogy | noun - a group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme |
| trisect | verb - divide into three parts |
| triumvirate | noun - a group of three, especially in authority |
| quadrant | noun - a quarter of a circle or of its circumference noun - an early machine for measuring altitudes noun - any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines |
| quartet | noun - a musical composition for four voices noun - a set of four, especially four musicians |
| quatrain | noun - a stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| decimate | verb - to destroy a large part of verb - to kill one in every ten |
| decathlon | noun - an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events |
| bicentennial | noun - a two-hundredth anniversary adjective - happening every 200 years |
| centary | noun - a centennial adjective - pertaining to a 100-year period |
| centigrade | adjective - referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. |