Vocabulary Lesson 2

Tri - TresTri = Greek Tres = LatinMeans threeExample sentence: Poseidon holds a trident, a three-pronged spear.

Trilogy GreekA group of three literary or musical works that have a themeThe Hunger Games, Collins popular trilogy, contains these books: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mocking jay

LogosGreekWord or speech Every company had its own logo

Quartus-Latin Quatuor- Latin Fourth Four Four quarters make a dollar

Centigrade LatinReferring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees Depending on how old you are, you might read 38C as 38 degrees Celsius or 38 degrees centigrade

TrisectGreekTo divide into partsFor school, I had to trisect the paper into three separate parts to fit my information.

Secare Secare=Latinto cutZoology is fun, we had to bisect a frog!

QuadrantLatinA quarter of a circle or its circumference. Any of the 4 parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines.On a simple graph, theyre four quadrants consisting of 1, 2, 3, and 4.

GradusGradus=LatinstepGraduation is an important step in life.

Quatrain

Centum

Centenary

The Bourbon Triumviratre was very important to Georgia.

Three very important people to society.

Definitions:manHe was a model of male virility.

to destroy a large part of:

The population was decimated by a plague.In Ancient times people were decimated for the things they had done.

DecemLatinMeans tenThe water measured out to 4.5 deciliters

AnnusAnnus = LatinMeans- yearExample sentence: Will trained annually to be ready for his game.

Quartet

Decathlon

Athlon

BiBi=LatintwoSome animals are bisexual.

BicentennialBi=Latin Means twoCentum=LatinMeans hundredThe bicentennial of the first ten amendments of the U.S. constitution was in 1989.