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VOCAB 1 AMELIA HERNA
AMELIA HERNANDEZ VOCAB 1 9/25/12 HW
Question | Answer |
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pertaining to tenths or to the number 10 | decimal |
pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary: | bicentennial |
a quarter of a circle; an arc of 90° | quad·rant |
of or pertaining to a period of 100 years. | centenary |
any group of four persons or things | quar·tet |
divided into 100 degrees, as a scale. | cen·ti·grade |
a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes. | quatrain |
a square dance for four couples, consisting of five parts or movements, each complete in itself. | quadrille |
one 100th of a liter, equivalent to 0.6102 cubic inch, or 0.338 U.S. fluid ounce | centiliter |
a leaf composed of four leaflets. | quatrefoil |
an athletic contest comprising ten different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score. | decathlon |
a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square. | quadrangle |
a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like | trilogy |
to destroy a great number or proportion of | decimate |
to divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. | trisect |
a rate or proportion per hundred | % percentage % |
Roman History . the office or magistracy of a triumvir. | triumvirate |
fourfold; consisting of four parts | quadruple |
a three-pronged instrument or weapon. or: Roman History . a three-pronged spear used by a retiarius in gladiatorial combats. | trident |