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growing from childhood to adult; roughly of the teenage period
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adolescent
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teenager
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adolescent
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antiquated; belonging to the time before the biblical flood
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antediluvian
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no longer used, except in special context; old fashioned
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archaic
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young & inexperienced; unfledged
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callow
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of the same period or duration
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contemporary
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person who lives at the same time as another
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comtemporary
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withered old woman
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crone
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weakened by old age
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decrepit
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dead; deceased; extinct
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defunct
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forefather, ancestor
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forebear
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white or gray with age
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hoary
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of or like an infant or infancy; childish
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infantile
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firmly established by age; deep-rooted
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inveterate
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of or for youth; youthful
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juvenile
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long life
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longevity
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mother & ruler of the family
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matriarch
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full-grown; ripe
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mature
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legal minority; period before maturity
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nonage
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person in his or her's 90's
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nonagenarian
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going out of use; becoming obsolete
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obsolescent
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no longer in use; out of date
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obsolete
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venerable old man
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patriarch
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published after the author's death
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posthmuos
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pertaining to the world's first ages; primitive
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primeval
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existing at the very beginning
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primordial
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in original, long ago state; uncorrupted
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pristine
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physical beginning of manhood or womanhood
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puberty
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foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish
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puerile
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showing the weakness of age
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senile
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retired on a pension; extremely old
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superannuated
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worthy of respect because of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical performance
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venerable
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person experienced in some occupation art or profession
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veteran
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long ago
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yore
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sparing in eating or drinking
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abstemious
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jovial feast; drinking party
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carousal
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abnormal, uncontrollable craving for alcohol
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dipsomania
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drunk; intoxicated
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inebriated
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not drunk; temperate
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sober
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temperance; abstinence
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sobriety
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person made foolish by excessive drinking; drunkard
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sot
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person who totally abstains from intoxicating beverages
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teetotaler
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forward part of the ship
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bow
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salty water
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brine
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calm windless part of ocean near equator
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doldrums
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wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea; driftage
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flotsam
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goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in distress
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jetsam
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throw overboard to lighten a ship or plane
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jettison
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in the direction away from the wind
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leeward
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of the sea or shipping; nautical; maritime
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marine
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sailor; seaman
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mariner
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pertaining to the right hand side of a ship when you face the bow
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starboard
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decaying flesh of a carcass
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carrion
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make impure by mixture; pollute
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contaminate
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waste; refuse
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dross
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remove objectionable material from a book
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expurgate
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spotless; absolutely clean; pure
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immacualte
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waste parts of a butchered animal
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offal
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cleanse; purify
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purge
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