vocab midterm 8

Question 1

monologue

Answer 1

long speech

Question 2

monarch

Answer 2

1person who rules a kingdom or empire
2butterfly

Question 3

monogram

Answer 3

design with letters

Question 4

monopoly

Answer 4

exclusive control/ownership of trade

Question 5

monolith

Answer 5

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

Question 6

unanimous

Answer 6

complete agreement

Question 7

unilateral

Answer 7

one sided

Question 8

duplex

Answer 8

dwelling with two living units

Question 9

duplicate

Answer 9

identical copy

Question 10

bilateral

Answer 10

having 2 sides

Question 11

bipartisan

Answer 11

involving 2 political parties

Question 12

bisect

Answer 12

divide into 2 equal sides

Question 13

trilogy

Answer 13

group of 3 literary or musical works

Question 14

trisect

Answer 14

divide into 3 equal parts

Question 15

triumvirate

Answer 15

group of 3 ppl in authority

Question 16

quadrent

Answer 16

1quarter of a circle
2early machine for measuring altitude

Question 17

quartet

Answer 17

musical composition of four ppl

Question 18

quatrain

Answer 18

poem w 4 lines

Question 19

decimate

Answer 19

to destroy

Question 20

decatholon

Answer 20

athletic competition w 10 events

Question 21

bicentennial

Answer 21

200 anniversary

Question 22

centenary

Answer 22

pertaining a 100 year period

Question 23

centigrade

Answer 23

thermomiter scale

Question 24

pandemonium

Answer 24

uproar

Question 25

panacaea

Answer 25

cure all for sicknesses

Question 26

omnipotent

Answer 26

all powerful;

Question 27

catholic

Answer 27

1universal inclusive 2religion

Question 28

totalitarian

Answer 28

form of gov where one person has complete control

Question 29

cloister

Answer 29

covered walkway in a courtyard monastery or religious seclusion

Question 30

preclude

Answer 30

to prevent

Question 31

recluse

Answer 31

person who avoids mixing with with people

Question 32

inception

Answer 32

the beginning of something

Question 33

incipient

Answer 33

in its early stages; beginning

Question 34

annihilate

Answer 34

to destroy

Question 35

nihilism

Answer 35

total rejection of religious or moral beliefs

Question 36

negate

Answer 36

1to disprove 2to rule out

Question 37

vanity

Answer 37

1conceit or useless 2dressing table

Question 38

vaunt

Answer 38

to boast or brag

Question 39

apurture

Answer 39

an opening that emits light

Question 40

overt

Answer 40

done or shone openly

Question 41

renegade

Answer 41

rebel

Question 42

vacuos

Answer 42

empty of meaning

Question 43

expletive

Answer 43

curse word

Question 44

microbe

Answer 44

microscopic organism

Question 45

microcosm

Answer 45

a miniature world

Question 46

miniscule

Answer 46

extremely small

Question 47

minutia

Answer 47

a small detail

Question 48

attentuate

Answer 48

to make slender or small

Question 49

tenous

Answer 49

small in form

Question 50

satiate

Answer 50

to satisfy an appetite

Question 51

comply

Answer 51

to do as one is asked or ordered

Question 52

implement

Answer 52

1tool or utensil 2carry out or put into affect

Question 53

replete

Answer 53

well stocked or filled