Vocabulary Lesson #13

a long-distance race that has three parts: swimming, bicycling, and running

• pentagon

• triathlon

• trimester

• trident

one of five babies that are born at the same time to the same mother

• quintuplet

• quartet

• trimester

• quadrangle

a fishing spear that has three points and that looks like a large fork

• trimester

• quart

• pentagram

• trident

a series of three novels, movies, etc., that are closely related and involve the same characters or theme

• pentagram

• triathlon

• trilogy

• quadrangle

a shape that is like a star with five points formed by five straight lines

• pentagon

• pentagram

• quart

• quartet

a flat shape that has four sides and four angles

• pentagram

• pentagon

• quart

• quadrangle

a period of three months; one of three periods into which a school year is sometimes divided

• quart

• trimester

• triathlon

• quadrangle

a group of four singers or musicians who perform together

• quartet

• quadrangle

• quintuplet

• trilogy

a US customary unity of measurement for liquids; 4 quarts equals a gallon

• quintuplet

• quart

• quartet

• trimester

a flat shape that has five sides and five corners

• quartet

• quadrangle

• trilogy

• pentagon