Vocabulary Unit 14

A stop sign is in the shape of an ________.

• hexagon

• octagon

• pentagon

• heptagon

Early explorers always had a _______ on their ships while at sea in order to determine their location.

• seagull

• sextant

• octopus

• octagon

A polygon with six sides is also known as a ______.

• hexagon

• setagon

• octagon

• sextagon

Instead of saying my grandmother is in her seventies, I like to call her a _________.

• octogenarian

• octave

• septennial

• septuagenarian

Please sing the song one ________ higher.

• octopus

• septet

• sextant

• octave

seventies: septuagenarian::______:______

• forties: quadruplet

• teens: teenager

• fifties: quintuplet

• twenties: twin

_______ used to be the seventh month of the year, before July and August were added to the calendar.

• October

• September

• July

• August

A _______ is a sixth of a circle.

• sextant

• hexagon

• octopus

• octave

September: seventh::______:______

• nine: seven

• October: November

• months: week

• December: tenth

We drew an irregular ______ with each of its six sides a different length.

• sextant

• hexagon

• octagon

• septet