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25 Cards in this Set
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Monologue
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A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group
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Monarch
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1. A person who rules a kingdom or empire; a king or queen, emperor or empress.
2. A large black and orange American butterfly. |
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Monogram
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A design composed of letters, usually the first letter of a name.
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Monopoly
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1. Exclusive control of the trade in some item or service.
2. Sole ownership or control of anything. |
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Monolith
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1. A large block of stone.
2. A large organization that acts as a single unit. |
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Unanimous
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Being in complete agreement.
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Unilateral
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One-sided, done by or affecting one person, group, or country, ect., and not another.
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Duplex
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A dwelling with two living units.
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Duplicate
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To make an identical copy or double of something; to repeat.
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Bilateral
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1. Having two sides.
2. Made between two persons or groups. |
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Bipartisan
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Involving two political parties.
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Bisect
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To divide into two equal parts.
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Trilogy
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A group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme.
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Trisect
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To divide into three parts.
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Triumvirate
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A group of three, especially in authority.
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Quadrant
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1. (mathematics) A quarter of a circle or of its circumference.
2. An early machine for measuring altitudes. 3. Any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines. |
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Quartet
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1. A musical composition for four voices or instruments.
2. A set of four, especially of four musicians |
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Quatrain
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A stanza or group of four lines of poetry.
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Decimate
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1. To destroy a large part of
2. To kill one in every ten |
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Decathlon
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An athletic contest where each contestant takes part in ten events
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Bicentennial
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1. A two-hundredth anniversary.
2. Happening every 200 years. |
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Centenary
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1. Pertraining to a 100-year period.
2. A centennial. |
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Centigrade
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Referring to a thermometor scale of 100 degrees where water freezed at 0deg and boils at 100deg.
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Stanza
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Like a paragraph in a poem; organization unit
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Rhyme Scheme
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Use of letters to determine how/if a poem rhymes (end rhyme)
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