Classical Roots A2 (Numbers)
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11 terms
Catalan | English |
|---|---|
| trilogy |  a group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme |
| trisect | to divide into three parts |
| triumvirate | a group of three, especially in authority |
| quadrant | (mathematics) a quarter of a circle or of its circumference OR an early machine for altitudes OR any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines |
| quartet | a musical composition for four voices or instruments OR a set of four, especially of four musicians |
| quatrain | a stanza or group of four lines of poetry |
| decimate | to destroy a large part of OR to kill one in every ten |
| decathlon | an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events |
| bicentennial | a two-hundreth anniversary |
| centenary | pertaining to a 100-year period OR a centennial |
| centigrade | referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degress where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees |
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