UNIT 2
Name: _______________________
Period: _______________________
Date: ________________________
Teacher: ______________________
QUADR, QUADRI, QUADRU, QUART
quadr/ennial
four; a fourth part; four times (L-R)
(a)
lasting for four years; as, a quadrennial term in office; taking place one time in four
years; as, the Olympics, the presidential election, or leap year; (n) anything that takes
place every four years; as, the birthday celebration of anyone born on the 29th of
February
quadri/lateral (a) being four-sided; (n) a geometric figure formed from four straight lines; as, a square, a
rectangle, a parallelogram, a trapezoid, etc., are quadrilateral geometric figures
quadru/ped
(n) a four-footed animal; as, horses, cats, dogs, etc., are quadrupeds; (a) being four-footed;
compare biped and multiped
quadru/plet
(n) a combination or collection of four of a kind; one of four children born at about the
same time, and to the same mother; compare twin (2), triplet (3), quintuplet (5),
sextuplet (6), septuplet (7), octuplet (8), etc.
quart
(n) a measure of volume or capacity; the fourth part of a gallon; 2 pints
quart/et
(n) a musical composition for four voices or instruments; a group of four; as, a bowling
quartet; quartette; compare solo, duet or duo, trio, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, etc.
quadrillion
(n) the number named by a unit with fifteen zeros after it; 1000 trillions;
1,000,000,000,000,000
quadri/cycle (n), quadru/ple (v-a-n), quart/er (n-a-v), quart/er/ly (a-n-adv)
QUINT, QUINTU
quint/et
(n)
quintu/plet
(n)
quintillion
(n)
(n)
penta/gon
Penta/gon
(n)
(n)
(L-R)
a musical composition for five voices or instruments; a group of five; as, a basketball
quintet; quintette
a combination or collection of five of a kind; one of five children born at about the same
time, and to the same mother; most notable are the Dionne and Fischer quintuplets
the number named by a unit with eighteen zeros after it; 1000 quadrillions;
1,000,000,000,000,000,000
quintu/ple (v-a-n)
PENT, PENTA
pent/athlon
five; a fifth part; five times
five
(Gr-R)
an athletic contest in which the contestants took part in five different events; it consisted
of wrestling, throwing the discus, leaping, hurling the spear, and running; it was the
main event of the ancient Greek Olympics which began in 776 B.C.; the Olympics were
received in 1896, and the decathlon became its featured event
a plane geometric figure of five sides and five angles
the five-sided headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense,
located in Washington, D.C.
pent/ang/ular (a)
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UNIT 2
NAME: ________________
EXERCISE 1: MATCHING: In the spaces provided, supply each word-cell in Column A with the number of
its proper definition from Column B.
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B
-er
(1)
eight
sept
(2)
that which
multi
(3)
angles; corners
oct
(4)
contest; event
duo
(5)
seven
athlon
(6)
five
gon
(7)
foot; feet
ped
(8)
many
pent
(9)
two
trio
(10)
group of three
EXERCISE 2: DEFINITIONS: In the spaces provided, supply the words being defined. Use the correct
form of the word, as necessary.
(1) _____________________
a number named by a unit with fifteen zeroes following it
(2) _____________________
a plane geometric figure of five sides and angles
(3) _____________________
lasting for four years or taking place every four years
(4) _____________________
a musical composition for five voices or instruments
(5) _____________________
a combination or collection of five of a kind
EXERCISE 3: GOOFY WORDS: Use word cell definitions to find definitions for made-up words.
(1) _____ quadrigon
a. a group of languages
(2) _____ cycleathlon
b. to cut a wing six times
(3) _____ linguet
c. four angles
(4) _____ pletathlon
d. contest of circles
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(5) _____ sectsextplane
e. a collection of events or contests
UNIT 2
NAME: ______________________
EXERCISE 4; MATCHING GAME: Fill in the spaces below with those numbers from the list of
Word-Cell Choices which best make up the definitions. Each of the may be used more than once.
Example:
A four-wheeled vehicle. 16_ 2__ (quadricycle)
1. Any event that takes place every four years.
___ ___
Word Cell Choices
2. The fourth part of a gallon; two pints.
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1.
athlon
3. One thousand quadrillions equal a __________.
2.
cycle
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3.
dec
4. A four-footed animal, as is a horse.
4.
ennial
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5.
-er
5. Triplets plus twins.
6.
-et
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7.
gon
6. Another way of saying “four times a year.”
8.
lateral
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9.
-ly
7. A ten-event athletic contest.
10. ped
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11. pent
8. Being four-sided, as is a square.
12. penta
___ ___
13. Penta
9. A group of four; as, a bowling ____________.
14. plet
___ ___
15. quadr
10. 1,000,000,000,000,000
16. quadri
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17. quadrillion
11. Quintuplets minus one child.
18. quadru
___ ___ ___
19. quart
12. A trio plus a duet.
20. quint
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21. quintillion
13. A decathlon minus five events.
22. quintu
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23. –s
14. A plane geometric figure of five sides and five angles.
___ ___
15. The five-sided headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.
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EXERCISE 5: WORD CELL PUZZLE: Circle the (10) word-cells hidden in the Puzzle Square. Write
each word-cell in a space below. Word-cells are located down and across, NOT diagonally or
backwards. They also can NOT be completely within another word cell. (You could not choose -et as a
separate word cell from -plet if you’ve already chosen -plet). Previous unit word cells may be used.
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UNIT 2
ACROSS
NAME: ____________________________
DOWN
1. Quadruplets plus triplets
1. Quintuplets plus one more child
8. Quint minus bi- equals ______________
2. Greek root meaning “five”
10. A rectangle and a square are __________ geometric figures
3. Root meaning “foot or feet”
11. Root meaning “of or pertaining to so many years”
4. The fourth part of a gallon; two pints
12. Greek root meaning “angle or corner”
5. The Olympics are _____________ events
13. Suffix meaning “a group”
6. One of three children born at about the
same time, and to the same mother
15. Root meaning “four; a fourth part; four times”
7. The fourth part of anything
17. Root meaning “many; much”
9. Being many footed
18. Root meaning “a physical contest”
10. Latin root meaning “five; a fifth part;
five times
14. A duet plus a solo
16. Another name for a duet
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