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Blue List 26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| quartet | a group of four people playing music or singing together. |
| decimal | relating to or denoting a system of numbers and arithmetic based on the number ten, tenth parts, and powers of ten. |
| octagon | figure with eight straight sides and eight angles. |
| quadruped | an animal that has four feet |
| decathlon | an athletic event taking place over two days, in which each competitor takes part in the same prescribed ten events |
| centennial | relating to a hundredth anniversary. |
| decade | a period of ten years. |
| bicentennial | the two-hundredth anniversary of a significant event. |
| quintet | a group of five people playing music or singing together |
| centimeter | a metric unit of length, equal to one hundredth of a meter. |
| quadrangle | a four-sided plane figure, especially a square or rectangle. |
| quintuplets | each of five children born to the same mother at one birth |
| centigrade | another term for Celsius |
| quintessence | the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class. |
| quadruplets | each of four children born at one birth. |
| quintessential | representing the most perfect or typical example of something (The quintessential student) |
| octet | a group of eight people or things, in particular |
| pentagon | a figure with five straight sides and five angles. |
| century | a period of one hundred years |
| quarter | each of four equal parts into which something is divided. |
| octave | a series of eight notes occupying the interval between two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other. |
| quadruple | consisting of four parts |
| decimate | kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of. |
| percentage | an amount, such as an allowance or commission, that is a proportion of a larger sum of money. |