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Vocabulary from Classical Roots A. Lesson 2. Tri plets – how many children? Tri o – how many singers? What is the shared meaning of tri for these words? Three . Tri. Quadruplets - how many children? Quarters – how many quarters are there in a dollar?
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Vocabulary from Classical Roots A Lesson 2
Triplets – how many children? • Trio – how many singers? • What is the shared meaning of tri for these words? • Three Tri
Quadruplets - how many children? • Quarters – how many quarters are there in a dollar? • What is the shared meaning in these words? • Four Quartus & Quatuor
Century - how many years in a century? • Centipede – how many legs on a centipede? • What is the shared meaning of cent in these words? • One hundred Centum
What is the meaning of this roots? • Ten Decem
1. The year 1976 was the bicentennial of 1776. • True • 2. Water boils at one hundred degrees centigrade. • True • 3. There are three singers in a quartet. • False • 4. A quatrain is four lines long. • True • 5. A decathlon includes ten athletic events. • True • 6. A quadrant is one fifth of a circle. • false True or false quiz
7. A trilogy ends with the third book. • True • 8. The centenary celebration of 1920 will be in 2020. • True • 9. To trisect is to cut in half. • False • 10. Three governors formed a triumvirate. • True • 11. Everyone recovered when measles decimated the town. • false