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26 Cards in this Set
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baker's dozen
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n,
thirteen |
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brace
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n,
two of a kind, couple, pair. |
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bicentennial
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n,
200th anniversery |
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centenarian
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n,
one who is 100 or older |
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centennial
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n,
100th anniversery |
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decade
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n,
a period of ten years |
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decathlon
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n,
track-and-field contest consisting of ten events |
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decimate
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v,
destroy ten present or more or a large portion of |
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dichotomy
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n,
split, division in two |
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fathom
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n,
meaure of water depth equaling six feet |
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fortnight
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n,
a period of fourteen days; two weeks |
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millenuim
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n,
a 1000 years, 100th anniversery |
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nonagenarian
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n,
a person in his or her nineties |
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octogenerian
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n,
a person in his or her eighties |
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pentagon
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n,
plane figure of five sides and five angles |
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plurality
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n,
victor's margin ober the runner-up when no candidate has a majority of the votes |
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quadrennial
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n,
occuring or being done every four years |
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quadruped
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n,
four-footed animal |
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score
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n,
group of twenty; twenty |
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septugeneranian
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n,
a person on his or her seventies |
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sesquicentennial
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n,
150th anniversery |
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sexagenarian
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n,
person in his or her sixties |
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tercentennial
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n,
300th anniversery |
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tithe
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n,
one tenth; thenth part of a person's income paid as a contribution or tax to support a religious establishment |
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treble
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v,
multply by three; triple |
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triumvirate
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ruling body of three; troika
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