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Latin III
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |