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Tri = three
Tres = three
1. trilogy: n. a group of three literary or musical works that have a related them.
2. trisect: v. to divide into three parts
3. triumvirate: n. a group of three, especially in authority.
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Quartus = fourth
Quatuor = four
1. quadrant: n. a quarter of a circle or of its circumference; any of the four parts of an
area divided by perpendicular lines
2. quartet: n. a musical composition for four voices or instruments; a set of four
3. quatrain: n. a stanza or group of four lines of poetry
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Decem = ten
1. decimate: n. to destroy a large part of
2. decathlon: n. an athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events
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Centum = hundred
1. bicentennial: n. a two-hundredth anniversary
2. centenary: adj. having to do with a 100-year period
3. centigrade: adj. referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees
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