Vocabulary For The College-Bound Student

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adolescent

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growing from childhood to adulthood; roughly, of the teenage period

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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 (adj)

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of the same period or duration

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contemporary (n)

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person who lives in 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 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 gray

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; deeply rooted

2. habitual

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juvinile

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1. of or for youth; youthful life

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 a 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; out of date

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patriarch

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1. venerable old man

2. father and ruler of a family or tribe; founder

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posthumous

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published after the authors 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 beginning

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pristine

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in original state, long ago state; uncorrupted

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puberty

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physical beginning of manhood

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puerile

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foolish for a grown up person to say or do; childish

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senile

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showing weakness of age

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superannuated

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retired on 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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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 and 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 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

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bow

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forward part of the ship; prow

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brine

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1. salty water

2. ocean; sea; the deep

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doldrums

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calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator

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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

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goods cast overboard to lighten the ship in distress

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jettison

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throw good overboard to lighten the 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; seaman

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starboard

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pertaining to the right- hand side of a ship when you face the bow

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carrion

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decaying flesh of an 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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spotless; absolutely clean; pure; faultless

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offal

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waste part of a butchered animal; refuse; garbage

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purge

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cleanse; purify; rid of undesired element of 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

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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 pf place; proximity