week 1 vocabulary review (english iv). person in his or her eighties. octogenarian
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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