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1- Number Words Flashcards

1
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Bakers dozen

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Thirteen

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2
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Bicentennial

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200th anniversary

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3
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Brace

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Two of a kind; pair; double

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4
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Centenarian

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One who is 100 or older

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5
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Centennial

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100th anniversary

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Decade

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Period of ten years

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Decathlon

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Track and field contest consisting of ten events

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8
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Decimate

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Destroy ten percent or more or a large portion of

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9
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Dichotomy

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Division in two;split

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10
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Fathom

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Measure of water depth equaling six feet

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11
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Fortnight

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Period of fourteen days; two weeks

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12
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Millennium

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1000 years; 1000th anniversary

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13
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Nonagenarian

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Person in his or her nineties

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Octogenarian

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Person in his or her 80s

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14
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Pentagon

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Plane figure of five sides and five angles

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15
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Plurality

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Victors margin over the runner up when no candidate has a majority of the votes

16
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Quadrennial

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Occurring or being done every four years

17
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Quadrupled

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Four footed animal

18
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Score

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Group of twenty

19
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Septuagenarian

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Person in his or her 70s

20
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Sesquicentennial

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150th anniversary

21
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Sexagenarian

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Person in his or her 60s

22
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Tercentennial

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300th anniversary

23
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Tithe

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

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Treble

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Multiply by three; triple

25
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Triumvirate

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Ruling body of three; trokia

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