Definitions
A musical composition for four voices or four instruments.
Quartet
The Lord of the Rings is an example of a popular __________ series.
Trilogy
A one hundred year period
Centenary
What does the root tri mean?
Three
What does omnipotent mean?
All powerful
An athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events.
Decathlon
Most nursery rhymes, like "Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep" are written in ____________.
Quatrains
A two hundred year period
Bicentennial
What does the root duo mean?
Two
What does mollycoddle mean?
to spoil, to treat in an indulgent or overprotective way
To divide into three parts.
Trisect
A ________ contains 90 degrees of the 360 degrees of a circle.
Quadrant
Quadrants
What does the root quad mean?
Four
What does regale mean?
entertain or amuse (someone) with talk
Referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100.
Centigrade
Trisected
Centigrade
What does the root cent mean?
What does mellifluous mean?
sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
To kill one in every ten.
Decimate
My great grandmother had a party to celebrate her __________.
Centenary
A group of three people, usually in a position of leadership.
Triumvirate
What does the root unus mean?
One
What does voracity mean?
Extreme gluttony, having a large appetite