Week 1 Vocabulary

Review (English IV)

Person in his or her eighties.

Octogenarian.

My grandfather, who is considered a __________ because he is 83 years old, still acts as if he is in his twenties.

A. octogenarianB. centenarianC. titheD. millennium

A. OCTOGENARIAN

Period of fourteen days; two weeks.

Fortnight.

I left for the islands for a(n) __________, which gave me the time to escape the hustle of the big city.

A. decimateB. scoreC. fortnightD. tithe

C. FORTNIGHT

Two of a kind, pair, couple.

Brace.

AFTER THE JOB INTERVIEW, DAVID__________ HIMSELF FOR WHATEVER NEWS HE WOULD HEAR ABOUT HIM GETTING THE JOB OR NOT.

A. B I C E N T E N N I A L

B. P E N TAG O N

C. S C O R E

D. B RAC E

D. BRACE

Plane figure of five sides and five angles.

Pentagon.

THE MATH TEACHER’S LESSON FOR THE DAY WAS TO TEACH THE STUDENTS ALL THE USES OF THE ___________.

A. O C T O G E N A R I A N

B. P E N TAG O N

C. C E N T E N A R I A N

D. F O RT N I G H T

B. PENTAGON

ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THAT CHURCH HAD TO GIVE A __________ OF 10% OF THEIR YEARLY EARNINGS.

A. T I T H E

B. D E C I M AT E

C. M I L L E N N I U M

D. S C O R E

One-tenth, tenth part of a person’s income paid as a contribution or tax to

support a religious establishment.

Tithe.(Diesmo)

One-tenth, tenth part of a person’s income paid as a contribution or tax to

support a religious establishment.

Tithe.(Diesmo)

A. TITHE

200th Anniversary.

Bicentennial.

THE COIN WAS MINTED ESPECIALLY FOR THE 200TH YEAR __________ OF THE UNITED STATES’ DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN.

A. M I L L E N N I U M

B. C E N T E N A R I A N

C. B I C E N T E N N I A L

D. P E N TAG O N

C. BICENTENNIAL

Destroy ten percent or more or a large portion of.

Decimate.

I’M GOING TO HAVE TO __________ ALL THE COMPETITION THAT IS GOING AGAINST ME IN THE 200 METER RACE TOMORROW.

A. D E C I M AT E

B. B RAC E

C. S C O R E

D. T I T H E

A. DECIMATE

Group of twenty.

Score.

ALTHOUGH THE __________ FROM TCHAIKOVSKY'S THE NUTCRACKER WAS NOT WELL RECEIVED AT FIRST, THE PUBLIC NOW KNOWS IT AS ONE OF THE COMPOSER’S BEST.

A. M I L L E N N I U M

B. S C O R E

C. B I C E N T E N N I A L

D. B RAC E

B. SCORE

1000 years; 1000th anniversary.

Millennium.

AT THE TURN OF THE LAST __________, PEOPLE FEARED THAT IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD.

A. B I C E N T E N N I A L

B. P E N TAG O N

C. O C T O G E N A R I A N

D. M I L L E N N I U M

D. MILLENNIUM

One who is 100 or older.

Centenarian.

BEING OVER 100 YEARS OF AGE, MOST OF HENRY’S YOUNG FRIENDS NICKNAMED HIM THE __________.

A. C E N T E N A R I A N

B. M I L L E N N I U M

C. F O RT N I G H T

D. O C T O G E N A R I A N

A. CENTENARIAN