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vocab2
Vocab 2 - Numbers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tri / Tres | three |
| Quartus / Quatuor | four |
| Decum | ten |
| Centum | hundred |
| trilogy | n. a group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme. |
| trisect | v. to divide into three parts. n. trisection, trisector. |
| triumvirate | n. a group of three, especially in authority. |
| quadrant | n. 1. a quarter of a circle or of 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 musical composition for four voices or instruments. 2. a set of four. |
| quatrain | n. a stanza or group of four lines of poetry. |
| decimate | v. to destroy a large part of. |
| decathlon | n. an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events. |
| bicentennial | n. a two-hundredth anniversary. adj. happening every 200 years. adv. bicentennially. |
| centenary | adj. pertaining to a 100-year period. n. a centennial. |
| centigrade | adj. referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. |