Vocabulary Lessons 1 & 2 Review

Front 1

monologue

Back 1

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

Front 2

monarch

Back 2

1. a person who rules a kingdom or empire
2. a large black and orange American butterfly

Front 3

monogram

Back 3

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

Front 4

monopoly

Back 4

1. exclusive control of the trade in some item or service
2. sole ownership or control of anything

Front 5

monolith

Back 5

1. a large block of stone
2. a large organization that acts as a single unit

Front 6

unanimous

Back 6

being in complete agreement

Front 7

unilateral

Back 7

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

Front 8

duplex

Back 8

a dwelling with two living units

Front 9

duplicate

Back 9

to make an identical copy or double of something; to repeat

Front 10

bilateral

Back 10

1. having two sides
2. made between two persons or groups

Front 11

bipartisan

Back 11

involving two political parties

Front 12

bisect

Back 12

to divide into two equal parts

Front 13

trilogy

Back 13

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

Front 14

trisect

Back 14

to divide into three parts

Front 15

triumvirate

Back 15

a group of three, especially in authority

Front 16

quadrant

Back 16

1. a quarter of a circle or its circumference
2. an early machine for measuring altitude
3. any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines

Front 17

quartet

Back 17

1. a musical composition for four voices or instruments
2. a set of four, especially musicians

Front 18

quatrain

Back 18

four lines of poetry

Front 19

decimate

Back 19

1. to destroy a large part of
2. to kill one in every ten

Front 20

decathlon

Back 20

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

Front 21

bicentennial

Back 21

1. a two-hundredth anniversary
2. happening every two hundred years

Front 22

centenary

Back 22

1. pertaining to a 100-year period
2. a centennial

Front 23

centigrade

Back 23

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