Number Words Flashcards

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200th anniversary

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Bicentennial

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2
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Two of a kind; pair; couple

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Brace

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3
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One who is 100 or older

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Centenarian

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4
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100th anniversary

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Centennial

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5
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Period of ten years

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Decade

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6
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Track-and-field contest consisting of ten events

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Decathlon

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7
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Destroy ten percent or more or a large portion of

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Decimate

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8
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Division in two; split

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Dichotomy

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9
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Measure of water depth equaling six feet

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Fathom

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10
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Period of fourteen days; two weeks

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Fortnight

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11
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1000 years; 1000th anniversary

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Millennium

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12
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Person in his or her nineties

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Nonagenarian

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13
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Person in his or her eighties

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Octogenarian

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14
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Plane figure with five sides and five angles

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Pentagon

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15
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Victor’s margin over the runner-up when no candidate has a majority of the votes

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Plurality

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16
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Occurring or being done every four years

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Quadrennial

17
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Four-footed animal

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Quadruped

18
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Group of twenty; twenty

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Score

19
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Person in his or her seventies

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Septuagenarian

20
Q

150th anniversary

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Sesquicentennial

21
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Person in his or her sixties

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Sexagenarian

22
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300th anniversary

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Tercentennial

23
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One-tenth; tenth part of a person’s income paid as a contribution or tax to support a religious establishment

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Tithe

24
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Multiply by three; triple

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Treble

25
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Ruling body of three, troika

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Triumvirate

26
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Thirteen (bakers, for fair measure, used to add an extra roll to each dozen sold)

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Baker’s dozen