Unit 6 Vocabulary Review Dic/dict; Pel/puls; Cent/centi; Dec/deca/deci Question Preview (ID: 23152)


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A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
a) percent
b) century
c) centenarian
d) centipede

An arthropod with perhaps 100 legs
a) century
b) percent
c) centipede
d) centenarian

A period of 100 years
a) percent
b) centipede
c) centenarian
d) century

Someone who is in his/her hundreds; a person who is one hundred plus years old
a) percent
b) centenarian
c) century
d) centipede

To push or force something out
a) compel
b) expel
c) compulsive
d) expulsion

Caused by a desire that is too strong to resist
a) compel
b) expulsion
c) expel
d) compulsive

The act of forcing someone to leave a place
a) compel
b) expel
c) expulsion
d) compulsive

To force someone to do something
a) expel
b) compel
c) compulsive
d) expulsion

To deny directly or oppose
a) contradict
b) predict
c) dictate
d) predictable

Something that is expected in advance
a) contradict
b) predict
c) predictable
d) dictate

To say or read something aloud to be recorded
a) dictate
b) contradict
c) predict
d) predictable

To declare or tell in advance
a) predict
b) dictate
c) contradict
d) predictable

The prefix dec/deca/deci means
a) to say
b) to urge
c) one hundred
d) ten or tenth

The prefix cent/centi means
a) tenth or ten
b) hundred or hundredth
c) to urge
d) to say

The root pel/puls means
a) to say
b) hundred
c) to drive, push or urge
d) tenth

The root dic/dict means
a) to say
b) to drive or push
c) to stop
d) to leave

An athletic contest of 10 different track and field events
a) decagon
b) decathlon
c) decimal
d) decade

A period of 10 years
a) decimal
b) decathlon
c) decade
d) decagon

Pertaining to tenths or the number 10; any number expressed in base 10
a) decathlon
b) decimal
c) decade
d) decagon

A polygon with 10 sides
a) decade
b) decimal
c) decathlon
d) decagon

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