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73 Cards in this Set
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Adolescent
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Growing From Choldhood to Adult Hood
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adolescent
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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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archaic
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no longer used except in special context; old fashioned
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callow
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yound and inexperienced; unfledged
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contemporary (adj)
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of the same period or duration
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contemporary (noun)
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person who live 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
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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; childish
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inveterate
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firmly established by age;deep-routed
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 family
highly respected elderly lady |
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mature
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full grown; ripe
carefully thought of |
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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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octogenarian
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person in their 80's
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septuagenarian
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person in their 70'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
father and ruler of family |
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posthumous
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published after the author's death
occuring after death |
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primeval
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pertaining to the worlds first ages; primitive
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primordial
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existing at the very beggining
elementary; primary; first in order |
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pristine
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in original, long ago state
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puberty
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physical begginging of manhood or womanhood
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puerile
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foolish for 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; extremly old
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venerable
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worthy of respect because of advanced age
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veteran
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person experienced in some occupation
ex-member of the armed forces |
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yore
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long ago
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abstemious
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sparing in eating or drinking; temperate
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carousal
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jovial feast; drinking party
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dipsomania
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abnormal, uncontrollabe craving for alcohol
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inebriated
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drunk; intoxicated
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sober
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not drunk; temperate
serious |
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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 does not drink intoxicating beverages or alcohol
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bow
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forward part of a ship; prow
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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 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 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;seamen
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starboard
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pertaining to the right hand side of a ship when you faced the bow(forward)
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carrion
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decayinf 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; bowdlerize; purify
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immaculate
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soptless; absolutely clean; pure; faultless
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offal
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wqaste 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; sloveny
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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
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filthy from neglect; dorty; degraded
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squalor
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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
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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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juxtapose
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put side by side; put close together
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propinquity
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kinship
nearness of place; proximity |
