Word Cell #2
UNIT 2 Name: _______________________
Period: _______________________
Date: ________________________
Teacher: ______________________
QUADR, QUADRI, QUADRU, QUART four; a fourth part; four times (L-R)
quadr/ennial (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 five; a fifth part; five times (L-R)
quint/et (n) a musical composition for five voices or instruments; a group of five; as, a basketball quintet; quintette
quintu/plet (n) 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
quintillion (n) 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 five (Gr-R)
pent/athlon (n) 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
penta/gon (n) a plane geometric figure of five sides and five angles
Penta/gon (n) the five-sided headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, located in Washington, D.C.
pent/ang/ular (a)
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.
A 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
(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.
___ 1. athlon
3. One thousand quadrillions equal a __________. 2. cycle
___ 3. dec
4. A four-footed animal, as is a horse. 4. ennial
___ ___ 5. -er
5. Triplets plus twins. 6. -et
___ ___ ___ 7. gon
6. Another way of saying “four times a year.” 8. lateral
___ ___ ___ 9. -ly
7. A ten-event athletic contest. 10. ped
___ ___ 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
___ 17. quadrillion
11. Quintuplets minus one child. 18. quadru
___ ___ ___ 19. quart
12. A trio plus a duet. 20. quint
___ ___ 21. quintillion
13. A decathlon minus five events. 22. quintu
___ ___ 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.
___ ___
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.
|L |G |R |F |N |
|angle |corner | |lingu |language |
|annu |year | |ped |feet |
|bi- |two | |plane |wing |
|cent |one hundred | |pod |foot |
|corn |horn | |sect |cut |
|cycle |circle | |tri |three |
|ennial |years | |uni |one |
|-fy |make/form | | |
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