Lesson 2 english vocab
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TRI r.
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TRES r. -
Greek for threerisect
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Latin for three - trilogy
- a group of three literatry or musical works that have a related theme
- trisect
- to divide into three parts
- triumvirate
- a group of three, esspecially in authority.
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QUARTUS r.
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QUATOR r. -
latin for fourth
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latin for four - quadrant
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1. a quater of a circle or of its circumfrernce.
2.a early machine for measuring altitudes - quartet
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1. a musical composition for four voics or instruments
2. any of four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines - qutrain
- a stanza or group of four lines of poetry
- DECEM r.
- latin for ten
- decimate
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1. to destroy a large part of
2. to kill one in every ten. - decathlon
- an athletic competion in which each contestant takes part in 10 events
- DENTUM r.
- latin for one-hundred
- Bicentennial
- a two-hundredth anniversary.
- centenary
- pertaining to a 100-year period
- centigrade
- refering to a thermometer scal of 100 degrees were water freezes at 0 and boils at 100