number Flashcards
monogamous
Being married to one person or having one mate at a time.
monoculture
(1) The cultivation of a single crop to the exclusion of other uses of land. (2) A culture dominated by a single element.
monolithic
(1) Appearing to be a huge, featureless, often rigid whole. (2) Made up of material with no joints or seams.
monotheism
The worship of a single god.
unicameral
Having only one lawmaking chamber.
unilateral
(1) Done by one person or party; one-sided. (2) Affecting one side of the body.
unison
(1) Perfect agreement. (2) Sameness of musical pitch.
unitarian
Relating or belonging to a religious group that believes that God exists only in one person and stresses individual freedom of belief.
dichotomy
(1) A division into two often contradictory groups. (2) Something with qualities that seem to contradict each other.
dimorphic
Occurring in two distinguishable forms (as of color or size).
duplex
(1) Having two principal elements; double. (2) Allowing electronic communication in two directions at the same time.
duplicity
Deception by pretending to feel and act one way while acting in another.
bipartisan
Involving members of two political parties.
binary
(1) Consisting of two things or parts; double. (2) Involving a choice between two alternatives.
biennial
(1) Occurring every two years. (2) Continuing or lasting over two years.
bipolar
Having two opposed forces or views; having two poles or opposed points of attraction.
triad
(1) A group of three usually related people or things. (2) A secret Chinese criminal organization.
trilogy
A series of three creative works that are closely related and develop a single theme.
triceratops
One of a group of large dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous period and had three horns, a bony crest or hood, and hoofed toes.
trident
A three-pronged spear, especially one carried by various sea gods in classical mythology.
trimester
(1) A period of about three months, especially one of three such periods in a human pregnancy. (2) One of three terms into which an academic year is sometimes divided.
trinity
(1) (capitalized) The unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one God in Christian belief. (2) A group of three people.
triptych
(1) A picture or carving made in the form of three panels side by side. (2) Something composed or presented in three sections.
trivial
Of little value or importance.
quadrant
(1) A quarter of a circle. (2) Any of the four quarters into which something is divided by two lines intersecting at right angles.
quadrille
A square dance popular in the 18th and 19th century, made up of five or six patterns for four couples.
quadriplegic
Paralyzed in both arms and both legs.
quartile
One of four equal groups each containing a quarter of a statistical population.
tetracycline
A yellow broad-spectrum antibiotic.
tetrahedron
A solid shape formed by four flat faces.
tetralogy
A set of four connected literary, artistic, or musical works.
tetrapod
A vertebrate with two pairs of limbs.
pentathlon
An athletic contest in which each athlete competes in five different events.
Pentateuch
The first five books of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been written by Moses.
pentameter
A line of poetry consisting of five metrical feet.
Pentecostal
Of or relating to any of various fundamentalist sects that stress personal experience of God and vocal expression in worship.
quincentennial
A 500th anniversary, or the celebration of such an event.
quintessential
Representing the purest or most perfect example of something.
quintet
(1) A musical piece for five instruments or voices. (2) A group of five, such as the performers of a quintet or a basketball team.
quintile
One or another of the values that divide a tested population into five evenly distributed classes, or one of these classes.
decalogue
(1) (capitalized) The Ten Commandments. (2) Any basic set of rules that must be obeyed.
decathlon
An athletic contest made up of ten parts.
decibel
A unit based on a scale ranging from 0 to about 130 used to measure the loudness of sound, with 0 indicating the least sound that can be heard and 130 the average level that causes pain.
decimate
To reduce drastically or destroy most of.
centenary
A 100th anniversary or the celebration of it; a centennial.
centigrade
Relating to a temperature scale in which 0° is the freezing point of water and 100° is its boiling point.
centimeter
A length measuring 1/100th of a meter, or about 0.39 inch.
centurion
The officer in command of a Roman century, originally a troop of 100 soldiers.
millefleur
Having a pattern of small flowers and plants all over.
millenarianism
(1) Belief in the 1,000-year era of holiness foretold in the Book of Revelation. (2) Belief in an ideal society to come, especially one brought about by revolution.
millipede
Any of a class of many-footed arthropods that have a cylindrical, segmented body with two pairs of legs on each segment, and, unlike centipedes, no poison fangs.
millisecond
One thousandth of a second.
semitone
The tone at a half step.
semicolon
The punctuation mark ; , used chiefly to separate major sentence elements such as independent clauses.
hemiplegia
Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain.
semiconductor
A solid that conducts electricity like a metal at high temperatures and insulates like a nonmetal at low temperatures.
