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