Vocabulary from classical roots book A lesson 1 & 2

Monologue

A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group

Monarch

1. A person who rules a kingdom or empire.

2. A large black and orange, American butterfly

Monogram

A design composed of letters, usually the first letter of a name

Monopoly

1. Exclusive control of the trade in some item or service.

2. Sole ownership or control of anything.

Monolith

1. A large block of stone.

2. A large organization that acts as one single unit.

Unanimous

Being in complete agreement.

Unilateral

One-sided; done by or affecting one person, group, or country, etc. and not another.

Duplex

A dwelling with two living units.

Duplicate

To make an identical copy or to repeat.

Bilateral

1. Having two sides.

2. Made between two persons or groups.

Bipartisan

Involving two political parties.

Bisect

Divide into two equal parts.

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

1. A quarter of a circle or of its circumference.

2. An early invention for measuring altitudes.

3. Any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines.

Quartet

1. A musical composition for four voices or instruments.

2. A set of four, especially of four musicians.

Quartrain

A stanza or group of four lines of poetry.

Decimate

1. To destroy a large part of.

2. To kill one in every ten.

Decathlon

An athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events.

Bicentennial

A two-hundredth anniversary.

Centenary

Pertaining to a 100-year period.

Centigrade

Referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°.

Monos

1

Unus

2

Duo

1

Duplex

Bi

2

Tri

1

Tres

2

Quartus

Quatuor

Decem

Centum