Joy of Vocabulary Lesson 1 Words

Miss Stanzione offers extra credit for creating flashcards for  vocabulary words.
Text:  Joy of Vocabulary

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
Baker's dozen
13
Bicentennial
200th anniversary
Brace
2 of a kind
Centenarian
One who is 100 or older
Centennial
100th anniversary
Decade
Period of 10 years
Decathlon
Track and field contest consisting of 10 events
Decimate
Destroy 10 percent or more of
Dichotomy
Split in two
Fathom
Measure of water depth equaling 6 feet
Fortnight
Period of 14 days
Millennium
1000 years
Nonagenarian
Person in his or her nineties
Octogenarian
Person in his or her eighties
Pentagon
Plane figure of five sides and five angles