Vocab Lesson 2

Question 1

trisect

Answer 1

to divide into three parts

[I trisected the pizza to share with my mother, my sister, and I.]

trisection, trisector

Question 2

triumvirate

Answer 2

a group of three, especially in authority

[The three kings decided to rule together, thus making the empire’s first triumvirate.]

Question 3

quadrant

Answer 3

1. (mathematics) a quarter of a circle or of its circumference.

[My sister and I shared a quadrant of the round pizza.]

2. an early machine for measuring altitudes

[I used the quadrant to measure the altitude accurately.]

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

[I divided the pizza into quadrants and shared each with my friends.]

Question 4

quartet

Answer 4

1. a musical composition of four voices or instruments

[Last year, three of my friends and I formed a quartet for the Solo and Ensemble event in Orchestra.]

2. a set of four, especially of four musicians

[I divided the pizza into quadrants to share with my quartet of friends.]

Question 5

quatrain

Answer 5

a stanza or group of four lines of poetry

[I edited and revised a quatrain of my poem for homework in Language Arts.]

Question 6

decimate

Answer 6

1. to destroy a large part of

[I decimated the zombie population in my video game.]

2. to kill every one in ten

[I only had enough skill to decimate zombies.]

Question 7

decathlon

Answer 7

an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events

[my dream in life is to win the Olympic decathlon.]

Question 8

bicentennial

Answer 8

1. a two hundredth anniversary

[we celebrated the bicentennial anniversary of the creation of our school.]

2. happening every 200 years

[i watched the bicentennial comet outside my house using the telescope.]

Question 9

centenary

Answer 9

1. pertaining to a 100 year period

[we celebrated the occasion of my grandmother’s centenary.]

2. a centennial

[we celebrated our school’s centenary anniversary.]

Question 10

centigrade

Answer 10

referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees

[i used a centigrade in science instead of a Fahrenheit scale because it made things easier.]

Question 11

trilogy

Answer 11

a group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme

[Divergent is a popular trilogy. It includes these novels: Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant.]