Unit 15- Greek and Latin Root Words

the eleventh month of the year, formerly the ninth

• nonagon

• November

• centurion

• century

a nine-sided polygon

• decade

• centigrade

• decimeter

• nonagon

a period of ten years

• nonagon

• decade

• decimal

• centurion

one tenth of a meter; ten centimeters

• percent

• decimal

• decimeter

• nonagon

based on the number 10

• decimal

• percent

• nonagon

• decimeter

a period of 100 years

• centurion

• centurion

• decade

• century

one part in a hundred; an amount that is equal to one one-hundredth of something

• percent

• decimal

• centigrade

• November

relating to the temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is at 100 degrees and the freezing point of water is at 0 degrees

• centimeter

• century

• centigrade

• centurion

an officer in the ancient Roman army, which originally had one hundred men.

• centigrade

• decimeter

• centurion

• decade

a length equal to 1⁄100 meter; ten millimeters

• percent

• decimeter

• nonagon

• centimeter