Vocabulary Pg75-83
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adj.
growing from childhood to adulthood; roughly, of the teenage period. - adolescent
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n.
teenager - adolescent
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antiquated; belonging to the time before the Biblical Flood - antediluvian
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no longer used, except in a special context; old-fashioned
ex) An archaic meaning of the word "quick" is "living," as in the Biblical phrase "the quick and the dead." - archaic
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young and inexperienced; unfledged
ex) A prudent executive cannot be expected to entrust the management of a comepany to a callow youth just out of college. - callow
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of the same period or duration - contemporary
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n.
person who lives at the same time as another - contemporary
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withered old woman - crone
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weakened by old age
ex) Several decrepit inmates had to be carried to safety when the nursing home was evacuated during the fire. - decrepit
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dead; decreased; extinct - defunct
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forefather, ancestor - forebear
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1)white or gray with age
ex: hoary beard
2)ancient - hoary
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of or like an infant or infancy; childish - infantile
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1)firmly established by age; deep-rooted
2)habitual
ex)My cousin would like to give up smoking, but it will not be easy; she is an inveterate smoker. - inveterate
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1) of or for youth; youthful
2) immature - juvenile
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n.
1) long life
2) length of life
ex: Medical advances are prolonging the average person's longevity. - longevity
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n.
1) mother and ruler of a family
2) highly respected elderly lady - matriarch
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1) full-grown; ripe
2)carefully thought out
ex:These are mature plans; they're not devised hastily. - mature
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n.
legal minority; period before maturity - nonage
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n.
person in his or her 90's - nonagenarian
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person in the 80's - octogenarian
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person in the 70s - septuagenarian
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going out of use; becoming obsolete - obsolescent
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no longer in use; out of date - obsolete
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n.
1) venerable old man
2) father and ruler of a family or tribe; founder - patriarch
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1) published after the author's death
2) ocurring after death - posthumous
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pertaining to the world's first ages; primitive - primeval
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1) existing at the very beginning
2) elemetary; primary; first in order - primordial
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in original, long-ago state; uncorrupted - pristine
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n.
physical beginning of manhood or womanhood - puberty
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foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish - puerile
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showing the weakness of age - senile
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retired on a pension; extremly old - superannuated
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worthy of respect because of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance - venerable
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n.
1) person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession
2) ex-member of the armed forces - veteran
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(always preceded by of) long ago
ex: in the days of yore - yore
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adj.
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent - abstemious
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n.
jovial feast; drinking party - carousal
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n.
abnormal, uncontrollable craving for alcohol; alcoholism - dipsomania
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drunk; intoxicated - inebriated
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1) not drunk; temperate (ant. drunk; intoxicated)
2) serious; free from excitement or exaggeration - sober
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n.
temperance; abstinence - sobriety
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person made foolish by excessive drinking; drunkard - sot
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person who totally abstains from intoxicating beverages (ant. dipsomaniac) - teetotaler