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morpheme unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cracy, crat, cratic | rule; government; power |
| cred, credit | belief; trust; faith |
| de- | to remove |
| dec, deca, decem, deci, decim, decu | ten, a tenth part |
| hedron | face or surface |
| capit | head or heads |
| pluto | wealth; wealthy |
| -ber | month |
| hydr, hydro | water |
| demo | people |
| meter | a metric measure of length equal to 39.37 inches |
| liter | a metric measure of volume |
| gram | a metric measure of weight |
| athlon | contest |
| -ible, -able | capable or worthy of |
| autocracy | government by an individual who has complete power |
| democracy | government by the people; literally, people rule |
| aristocrat | one of a ruling class who is a person of rank; a noble |
| plutocrat | one who has power or influence because he is wealthy |
| theocrat | one who is in favor of having divine law regulate civil affairs |
| autocratic | ruling with unlimited or complete power; absolute authority |
| credible | capable of being believed |
| creditor | one to whom money is owed opposite of debtor |
| decapitate | to remove the head |
| deduct | to take away an amount from a total |
| dehydrate | to remove water from |
| decade | a period of ten years |
| decathlon | an athletic contest in which the contestants must take part in ten different events |
| decagon | a plane geometric figure of ten sides and ten angles |
| decagram | a metric measure of weight equal to ten grams |
| decahedron | a solid geometric figure bounded by ten surfaces or seats |
| decaliter | a metric measure of volume containing ten liters |
| Decalogue | the Ten Commandments which God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai |
| decameter | a measure of length equal to ten meters; 32.81 feet |
| December | the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar, and the tenth month of the Julian calendar |
| decigram | a metric measure of weight equal to one-tenth of a gram |
| deciliter | a metric measure of volume equal to on-tenth of a liter |
| decimeter | a measure of length equal to one-tenth of a meter; 3.937 inches |
| decimal | a number given in the scale of tens |
| decimate | to destroy or take a tenth part of |
| decuple | tenfold; consisting of ten; a number, ten times repeated; to increase tenfold |
| decillion | the number named by a unit with thirty-three zeros after it; 1000 nonillions |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| dejected | unhappy |
| describe | give the details |
| decangular | ten angles |
| decapod | ten legs |