• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/37

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

37 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
adolescent
adj. growing from childhood to adulthood; roughly, of the teenage period
adolescent
n. teenager
antediluvian
adj. antiquated; belonging to the time before the Biblical Flood
archaic
adj. no longer used, except in a special context; old-fashioned
callow
adj. young and inexperienced; unfledged
contemporary (adj.)
adj. 1) of the same period or duration; 2)modern; up-to-date
contemporary (n.)
n. person who lives at the same time to antoher
crone
n. withered old woman
decrepit
adj. weakened by old age
defunct
adj. dead; deceased; extinct
forebear
n. forefather; ancestor; progenitor
hoary
adj. 1) white or gray with age; 2) ancient
infantile
adj. of or like an infant or infancy; childish
inverterate
adj 1) firmly established by age; deep-rooted; 2) habitual
juvenile
adj. 1) of or for youth; youful; e2) immature
longevity
n. 1) long life; 2) length of life
matriarch
n. 1) mother and ruler of a family or tribe; founder; 2) highly respected old woman
mature
adj. 1) full-grown; ripe; 2) carefully thought out
nonage
n. legal minority; period before maturity
nonagenarian
n. person 90-99 years old
octogenarian
person 80-89 years old
septuagenarian
person 70-79 years old
obsolescent
adj. going out of use; becoming obsolete
obsolete
adj. no longer in use; out-of-date
patriarch
n. 1) father and ruler of a family or tribe; founder; 2) highly respected old man
posthumous
adj. 1) published after the author's death; 2) occurring after death
prelapsarian
adj. of the time or state before the fall of mankind
primeval
adj. pertaining to the world's first ages; primitive
primordial
adj. 1) existing at the very beginning; 2) elementary; primary; first in order
pristine
adj. in original, long-ago state; uncorrupted
puberty
n. physical beginning of manhood or womanhood
puerile
foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish
senile
adj. showing the weakness of age
superannuated
adj. 1) retired on a pension; advanced in years; very old; 2) incapacitated by age
venerable
adj. worthy of respect because of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance
veteran
n. 1) person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession; 2) ex-member of the armed forces
yore
n. long ago