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71 Cards in this Set
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adolescent(adj)
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growing from childhood to adulthood
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adolescent(n)
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teenager
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antediluvian
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antiquated;belonging to the time before the Biblical Flood
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archiac
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no longer used, except in a special context
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callow
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young and inexperienced
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contemporary
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of the samr period or duration
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contemporary(n)
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person who lives at the same as another
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crone
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witherd 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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forebearer
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forefather, ancestor
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hoary
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white or gray with age
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infantile
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of or like an infant or infancy
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inveterate
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firmly established by age; deep-rooted
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juvenile
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of or for youth; youthful
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longevity
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long life
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matriarch
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mother and ruler of a family
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mature
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full-grown; ripe
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nonage
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legal minority; period before maturity
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nonagenarian
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person in his or her 90's
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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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venerable old man
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posthumous
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published after the author's death
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primeval
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pertaining to the world's first ages
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primordial
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existing at the very beginning
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pristine
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in original, long-ago state
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puberty
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physical beginning of manhood or womanhood
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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; extremely old
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venerable
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worthy of respect because of advanced
age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance |
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veteran
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person who is experienced in some occupation , art, or profession
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yore
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(always preceded by ~of~) long ago
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abstemious
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sparing in eating and drinking
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carousal
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jovial feast; drinking party
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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
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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
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teetotaler
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person who totally abstains from intoxicating beverages
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bow
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forward part of the ship (ant. stern)
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brine
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salty water
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doldrums
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calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator
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flotsom
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wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea; driftage
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jetsam
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goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in distress
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jettison
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throw goods overboard to lighten a ship or a plane; discard
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leeward
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in the direction away from the wind
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marine
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of the sea or shipping; nautical; maritime
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mariner
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sailor, seaman
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starboard
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pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship when you face the bow (ant. 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 mixture; pollute
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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
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immaculate
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spotless; absolutely clean
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offal
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waste parts of a butchered animal
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purge
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cleanse; purify
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slatternly
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untidy; dirty from habitual neglect
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sloven
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person habitually untidy, dirty, or careless in dress, habits, etc.
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sorbid
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filthy; vile
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squalid
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filthy from neglect; dirty
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squalor
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filth; degraduation
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sully
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tarnish
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adjacent
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lying near or next; bordering
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approximate
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nearly correct (ant. exact precise)
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contiguous
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touching; adjoining
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environs
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districts surrounding a place; suburbs
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juxtaposition
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close or side-by-side position
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propinquity
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kinship
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