Ap English Vocab Ch 3.16-20

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adolescent

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growing from childhood to adulthood, roughly of the teenage years; teenager

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antediluvian

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antiquated, belonging to the time before the biblical flood

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archaic

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no longer used, except in a special context, old fashioned

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callow

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young and inexperienced; unfledged

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contemporary

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of the same period or duration; modern, up to date;; person who lives at the same time as another

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crone

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withered old woman

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decrepit

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weakened by old age

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defunct

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dead, deceased, extinct

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forebear

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forefather, ancestor, progenitor

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hoary

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white or gray with age; ancient

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infantile

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of or like an infant or infancy, childish

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inveterate

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firmly established by age, deep rooted; habitual

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juvenile

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of or for youth, youthful; immature

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longevity

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long life; length of life

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matriarch

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mother and ruler of a family or tribe, founder; highly respected old women

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mature

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full grown, ripe; carefully thought out

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nonage

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legal minority, period before maturity

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nonagenarian

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person 90-99 years old

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obsolescent

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going out of use, becoming obsolete

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obsolete

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no longer in use, out of date

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patriarch

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father and ruler of a family or tribe, founder; highly respected old man

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posthumous

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published after the author's death; occurring after death

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prelapsarian

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of the time or state before the fall of man kind (postlapsarian)

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primeval

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pertaining to the world's first ages, primitive

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primordial

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existing at the very beginning; elementary, primary, first in order

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pristine

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in original, long ago state, uncorrupted

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puberty

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physical beginning of manhood (about 14 yrs old) and womanhood (12 years old)

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puerile

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foolish for a grown person to say or do, childish

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senile

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showing the weakness of age

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superannuated

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retired on a pension, advanced in years, very old; incapacitated by age

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venerable

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worthy of respect bc of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance

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veteran

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person experienced in some occupation, art or profession; ex member of the armed forces

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yore

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long ago (always preceded by the word "of")

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abstemious

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sparing in eating and drinking, temperate, abstinent

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carousal

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drinking party, drunken revelry

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dipsomania

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abnormal, uncontrollable craving for alcohol, alcoholism

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inebriated

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drunk, intoxicated

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sober

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not drunk, temperate ( drunk, intoxicated); serious free from excitement or exaggeration

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sobriety

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temperance, abstinence

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sot

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person made foolish by excessive drinking, drunkard

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teetotaler

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person who totally abstains from intoxicating beverages (dipsomaniac)

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bow

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forward part of a ship, prow (stern)

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brine

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salty water; ocean sea, the deep

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doldrums

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calm windless part of the ocean near the equator; listlessness

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flotsam

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wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea, driftage

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jetsam; jettison

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goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in distress; throw goods overboard to lighten a ship or plane in distress, discard

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leeward

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in the direction away from the wind (windward)

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marine; mariner

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of the sea or shipping, nautical, maritime; sailor, seaman

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starboard

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pertaining to the right hand side of a ship when you are on a deck and facing the bow or forward (port)

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carrion

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decaying flesh of a carcass

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contaminate

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make impure by a mixture, pollute, defile (decontaminate)

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dross

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waste, refuse

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expurgate

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remove objectionable material from a book, bowdlerize, purify

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immaculate

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spotless, absolutely clean, pure, faultless

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offal

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waste parts of a butchered animal, refuse, garbage

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purge

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cleanse, purify, rid of undesired element or person

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slatternly

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untidy, dirty from habitual neglect, slovenly

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sloven

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person habitually untidy, dirty, or careless in dress, habits, etc

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sordid

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filthy, vile

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squalid; squalor

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filthy from neglect, dirty, degraded; filth, degradation, sordidness

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sully

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tarnish, besmirch, defile

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adjacent

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lying near or next to, bordering, adjoining

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approximate

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nearly correct (exact, precise)

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contagious

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touching, adjoining

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environs

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districts surrounding a place, suburbs

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juxtapose; juxtaposition

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put side by side, put close together; close or side by side position

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propinquity

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kinship; nearness of place, proximity