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Root : quad 3 example words and definitions:

Origin: latin 1. Quadriceps - large muscle group


2. Quadrilateral - four edge shape
Definition: four 3. Quadruplet - a group of four
4. Quadrant - four quarters

3 example sentences:
Picture: 1. Stretching his quadriceps helped the
runner prepare for the strain his leg would
endure during the race
2. The quadrilateral shaped garden contained
a different vegetable in each of the four
quadrants.
3. Now, she has given birth for her-to
quadruplets.
4. A symbol appears in an upper quadrant of
the screen.

Root : oct 3 example words and definitions:

Origin: latin 1. Octagon - eight sided polygon


2. Octopus - eight limbed cephalopod
Definition: eight 3. Octillion -
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
,000,000,000
4. Octameter - eight metrical feet

3 example sentences:
Picture: 1. Rainbow colors reflected onto the wall
through an octagon as the light shines
through the many surfaces of the prism
2. He experienced nausea after eating
octopus.
3. The odds of the suspect not being
Blankenship, according to this match, is 1
in 3 octillion
4. Because of the length of the line, trochaic
octameter lends itself to the heavy use of
internal rhyme and alliteration and is also
extraordinarily difficult to use
consistently.
Root : dec 3 example words and definitions:

Origin: greek 1. Decimal - system scale based of the


number ten
Definition: ten 2. Decade - a time period of ten years
3. Decimate - to destroy a percentage or ten
4. Decathlon - athletic event taking over two
days

3 example sentences:
Picture: 1. Similarly the output conversion of binary
numbers into decimals is done by
subroutine.
2. After decades of civil war, order was
restored.
3. Silber says the tax rollback would
decimate basic services for the needy.
4. There are no prelims in the marathon,
decathlon or racewalk.

Root : cent 3 example words and definitions:

Origin: middle english 1. Percent - amount in every hundred


2. Centiliter - equal to one-hundredth of a
Definition: one-hundred liter
3. Centigram - equal to one-hundredth of a
gram
4. Centrifuge - container that separates fluids
of different densities

3 example sentences:
Picture: 1. The figure is expressed as a percentage
2. Later that night, another bottle from that
same batch went for $1.1 million—a little
more than $14,666 per centiliter.
3. the affidavit says, that led to finding a
centigram of methamphetamine, 42.3
grams of marijuana, 9.7 grams of heroin,
two guns and several rounds of
ammunition
4. The centrifuge raced so fast it stood still.

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