Honors Vocabluary 2

Question 1

monogram

Answer 1

n. a design made from a person’s initials

Question 2

monopoly

Answer 2

n. sole or complete control of anything, especially sales of a particular item or service

Question 3

monolith

Answer 3

n. a large block of stone; a large organization that acts as one

Question 4

monologue

Answer 4

n. a long speech delivered by one person

Question 5

unilateral

Answer 5

adj. one-sided; done by or impacting one group, person etc.

Question 6

duplex

Answer 6

n. a dwelling with two living units

Question 7

duplicity

Answer 7

n. deceitfulness, dishonestly

Question 8

bilateral

Answer 8

adj. having two sides; made between two persons or groups

Question 9

monomania

Answer 9

n. madness or lack of reason resulting from focusing on one idea

Question 10

bipartisan

Answer 10

adj. involving two political parties

Question 11

trilogy

Answer 11

n. a group of three pieces of music, literature, etc.

Question 12

trisect

Answer 12

v. to cut into three parts

Question 13

triumvirate

Answer 13

n. a group of three, especially three people in authority

Question 14

quadriplegic

Answer 14

n. one who cannot use his/her four extremities

Question 15

quatrain

Answer 15

n. a stanza of poetry that has four lines

Question 16

decimate

Answer 16

v. to destroy every tenth person, to annihilate

Question 17

decathlon

Answer 17

n. an athletic contest in which each participant completes ten events

Question 18

bicentennial

Answer 18

n. a period of 200 years

Question 19

centenary

Answer 19

n. a centennial, a period of 100 years

Question 20

centenarian

Answer 20

n. one who is 100 years old