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102 Cards in this Set
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adolescent (adj.)
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growing from childhood to adulthood; roughly, of the teenage period
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adolescent (n.)
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teenager
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antediluvian (adj.)
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antiquated; belonging to the time before the Biblical Flood (when all except Noah and his family perished)
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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 (adj.)
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of the same period or duration
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contemporary (n.)
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person who lives at the same time as another
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crone
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withered old man
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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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1. white or grey with age
2. 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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1. firmly established by age; deep rooted
2. habitual |
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juvenile
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1. of or for youth; youthful
2. immature |
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longevity
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1. long life
2. length of life |
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matriarch
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1. mother and ruler of family
2. highly respected elderly lady |
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mature
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1. full-grown; ripe
2. 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 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
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patriarch
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1. venerable old man
2. father or ruler of a family or tribe; founder |
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posthumous
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1. published under the author's death
2. occuring after death |
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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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1. existing at the very beginning
2. elementary; primary; at the very beginning |
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pristine
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in origional, long-ago atate; uncorrupted
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puberty
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physical beginning of manhood (at about age 14) or womanhood (at about age 12)
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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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worth of respect becuase of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance
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veteran
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1. person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession
2. ex-member of the armed forces |
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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 or drinking; temperate; abstinent
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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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1. not drunk; temperate
2. serious; free from excitementor exaggeration |
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sobriety
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temperence; 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
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superannuated
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retired on a pension; extremely old
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bow
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forward part of a ship; prow (ant. stern)
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venerable
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worth of respect becuase of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance
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superannuated
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retired on a pension; extremely old
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brine
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1. salty water
2. ocean, sea, deep |
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venerable
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worth of respect becuase of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance
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veteran
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1. person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession
2. ex-member of the armed forces |
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doldrums
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1. calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator
2. listlessness |
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yore
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(always preceded by of) long ago
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veteran
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1. person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession
2. ex-member of the armed forces |
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abstemious
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sparing in eating or drinking; temperate; abstinent
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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 or drinking; temperate; abstinent
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carousal
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jovial feast; drinking party
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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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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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inebriated
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drunk; intoxicated
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sober
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1. not drunk; temperate
2. serious; free from excitementor exaggeration |
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sober
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1. not drunk; temperate
2. serious; free from excitementor exaggeration |
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sobriety
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temperence; abstinence
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sobriety
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temperence; abstinence
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sot
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person made foolish by excessive drinking; drunkard
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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
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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 a ship; prow (ant. stern)
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bow
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forward part of a ship; prow (ant. stern)
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brine
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1. salty water
2. ocean, sea, deep |
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brine
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1. salty water
2. ocean, sea, deep |
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doldrums
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1. calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator
2. listlessness |
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doldrums
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1. calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator
2. listlessness |
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flotsam
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wreckage of 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 plane; discard
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leeward
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in the direction away from the wind (ant. windward)
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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 the ship when you face the bow (forward) (ant. port)
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carrion
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decaying flesh of carcass
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contaminate
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make impure by mixture; pollute (ant. 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
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filthy from neglect; dirty; 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 (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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juxtapose
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put side by side; put close together
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juxtaposition
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close or side-by-side position
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propinquity
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1. kinship
2. nearness of place; proximity |
