Quizlet Honors English roots 4 (words)

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  1. bicameral: based on two legislative bodies
  2. bicentennial: occurring every 200 years
  3. biceps: skeletal muscle with two origins
  4. bicycle: a 2 wheeled vehicle without a motor
  5. cent: 1/100th of a dollar
  6. centipede: any of numerous predaceous, chiefly nocturnal arthropods constituting the class Chilopoda, having an elongated, flattened body composed of from 15 to 173 segments, each with a pair of legs, the first pair being modified into poison fangs
  7. century: 100 years
  8. decade: 10 years
  9. December: the 12th month
  10. decimal: based on the number ten
  11. dual: 1. of, pertaining to, or noting two. 2. composed or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold; double: dual ownership; dual controls on a plane. 3. having a twofold, or double, character or nature.
  12. dualism: division into 2, cunning, deceit, artifice, fraud
  13. duplicate: repeat, copy, to double
  14. mile: "1000 paces"
  15. millimeter: a unit of measure 1/1000 of a meter
  16. nonagenarian: person in his nineties
  17. nonagon: a shape with 9 sides
  18. octant: 1. the eighth part of a circle. 2. Mathematics. any of the eight parts into which three mutually perpendicular planes divide space. 3. an instrument having an arc of 24°, used by navigators for measuring angles up to 90°. 4. the position of one heavenly body when 45° distant from another.
  19. octave: the eighth of a series
  20. octoroon: person of one-eighth black ancestry
  21. quadrille: square dance
  22. quarter: 1/4
  23. quintet: any set or group of five persons or things
  24. quintuplets: five offspring born at once
  25. September: the ninth month
  26. septennial: occurring every seven years
  27. sextet: musical group of six
  28. sextuplets: six offspring born at once
  29. trinity: the state of being threefold or triple. a group of three; triad.
  30. triple: 3 times something
  31. triumvirate: government by three persons
  32. trivial: insignificant, ordinary, pertaining to trivia
  33. unanimous: of one mind; in complete agreement; agreed; characterized by or showing complete agreement: a unanimous vote
  34. unicorn: mythical animal with one horn
  35. unity: 1. the state of being one; oneness. 2. absence of diversity; unvaried or uniform character. 3 oneness of mind, feeling, etc., as among a number of persons; concord, harmony, or agreement.
  36. universal: worldwide; involving all, present everywhere