WORD OF THE DAY
High school and college both last for a quadrennium. That's four years' time, even if, to some, it feels more like a millenium, i.e., a thousand.
Quadrennium is one of the words that specifically names a period of years––an annum is one year, a decade ten, a century a hundred, and a millennium a thousand. Quad- refers to the number four. In college campus architecture, a quad is a lawn surrounded by ivy-covered brick buildings on four sides.
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Vocabulary lists containing quadrennium
Train for some Olympics-viewing with this list, then whip new words out at the water cooler as you go for the (conversational) gold!
February is the shortest month of the year, but that doesn't mean it isn't packed full of word-worthy occasions! From Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day, and the Super Bowl to Black History Month and the President's State of the Union speech, this little month delivers plenty of vocabulary.
This vocabulary list features words with the Latin roots ann and enn, meaning "year."
Learn these words derived from the Latin quadrans meaning "fourth part or quarter."
