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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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Unit 11 Vocabulary
Quiz yourself with flashcards, matching, etc.
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| baker's dozen | 13 |
| sesquicentennial | 150th anniversary |
| brace | 2 |
| fortnight | 2 weeks |
| plurality | margin of victory |
| centenarian | person who is 100 or older |
| decade | ten years |
| decathlon | track and field contest with 10 events |
| fathom | depth of six feet |
| quadruped | four-footed animal |
| score | 20 |
| sexagenarian | person in his sixties |
| abet | encourage; support |
| appellation | name |
| treble | multiply by three |
| millennium | 1000 years |
| decimate | destroy ten percent or more |
| troika | ruling group of three |
| accolate | award or kudo |
| amiable | friendly; gregarious |
| abdicate | give up claim to |
| triumvirate | troika |
| adversity | misfortune |
| apprehensive | fearful |
| anodyne | anything that soothes |
| tithe | ten percent |
| pentagon | 5-sided figure |
| quadrennial | occurring once every four years |
| anhydrous | waterless |
| bicentennial | 200th anniversary |
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