Vocab from Classical Roots - A2
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- trilogy
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n.
A group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme.
A-2 - trisect
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v.
To divide inti three parts.
(trisection,n.; trisector,n.)
A-2 - triumvirate
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n.
A board of three, especially in authority.
A-2 - quadrant
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n.
1. (math) A quarter of a circle or its circumference.
2. An early machinr for measuring altitudes.
3. Any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines.
A-2 - quartet
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n.
1. A musical composition of four voices or instruments.
2. A set of four, especially musicians.
A-2 - quatrain
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n.
A stanza or group of four lines of poetry.
A-2 - decimate
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v.
1. To destroy a large part of,
2. To kill one in every ten.
(decimation,n.)
A-2 - decathalon
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n.
An athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events.
A-2 - bicentennial
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n.
A two-hundredth anniversary.
adj.
Happening every 200 years.
A-2 - centenary
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adj.
Pertaining to a 100-year period
n.
A centennial.
A-2 - centigrade
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adj.
Referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees.
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