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Latin III
Term | Definition |
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baker's dozen | thirteen |
bicentennial | 200th anniversary |
brace | two of a kind, pair ,couple |
centenarian | someone 100 years of age or older |
centennial | 100th anniversary |
decade | period of 10 years |
decathlon | track-and-field contest with 10 events |
decimate | destroy 10% or more or a large part of |
dichotomy | division in two, split |
fathom | measure of water that's 6 feet deep |
fortnight | period of fourteen days/two weeks |
millennium | 1000 years, 1000th anniversary |
nonagenarian | person in 90's |
octogenarian | person in their 80's |
pentagon | plane figure of five sides/five angles |
plurality | victor's margin over runner-up when no candidate has majority |
quadrennial | occurring every four years |
quadruped | four-footed animal |
score | group of twenty, twenty |
septuagenarian | person in their seventies |
sesquicentennial | 150th anniversary |
tercentennial | 300th anniversary |
tithe | 1/10, tenth part of a person's income paid as contribution/tax for a religious establishment |
treble | multiply by three, triple |
triumvirate | troika, body of three |