Greek and Latin Roots, Grades 3–5: Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: cent

This vocabulary list features words with the Latin root cent/i meaning "hundred."
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  1. bicentennial
    the 200th anniversary, or the celebration of it
  2. cent
    a fractional monetary unit of several countries
  3. centavo
    a current or former small money unit of several countries
  4. centenarian
    being at least 100 years old
  5. centennial
    of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
  6. centigrade
    temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees
  7. centiliter
    a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter
  8. centimeter
    a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
  9. centipede
    a long, venomous insect-like creature with many pairs of legs
  10. centurion
    leader of soldiers in ancient Rome
  11. century
    a period of 100 years
  12. percent
    a proportion in relation to a whole
  13. percentage
    a proportion in relation to a whole
  14. percentile
    a value showing how many others are equal to or below a given score
  15. tricentennial
    of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years
Created on Thu May 02 22:35:34 EDT 2024 (updated Tue Aug 06 17:10:24 EDT 2024)

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