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| adolescent (adj.) | growing from childhood to adulthood; roughly, of the teenage period |
| adolescent (n.) | teenager |
| antediluvian | antiquated; belonging to the time before the Biblical Flood (when all except Noah and his family perished) |
| archaic | no longer used, except in a special context; old-fashioned |
| callow | young and inexperienced; unfledged |
| contemporary (adj.) | of the same period or duration |
| contemporary (n.) | person who lives at the same time as another |
| crone | withered old woman |
| decrepit | weakend by old age |
| defunct | dead; deceased; extinct |
| forebear | forefather, ancestor |
| hoary | white or gray with age | ancient |
| infantile | of or like an infand or infancy; childish |
| inveterate | firmly established by age; deep rooted | habitual |
| juvenile | of or for youth; youthful | immature |
| longevity | long life | length of life |
| matriarch | mother and ruler of a family | highly respected elderly lady |
| mature | full-grown; ripe | carefully thought out |
| nonage | legaly minority; period before maturity |
| nonagenarian | person in his or her 90's (Note also octogenarian, person in the 80's, and septuagenarian, person in the 70's) |
| obsolescent | going out of use; becoming obsolete |
| obsolete | no longer in use; out of date |
| patriarch | venerable old man | father and ruler of a family or tribe; founder |
| posthumous | published after the author's death | occurring after death |
| primeval | pertaining ot the world's first ages; primitive |
| primordial | existing at the very beginning | elementary; primary; first in order |
| pristine | in original, long-ago state; uncorrupted |
| puberty | physical beginning of manhood (at about age 14) or womanhood (at about age 12) |
| puerile | foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish |
| senile | showing the weakness of age |
| superannuated | retired ona pension; extremely old |
| venerable | worthy of respect because of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance |
| veteran | person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession | ex-memeber of the armed forces |
| yore | (always preceded by 'of') long ago |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent |
| carousal | jovial feast; drinking party |
| dispomania | abnormal, uncontrollable craving for alcohol; alcoholism |
| inebriated | drunk; intoxicated |
| sober | not drunk; temperate | serious; freee from excitement or exaggeration |
| sobriety | temperance; abstinence |
| sot | person made foolish by excessive drinking; drunkard |
| teetotaler | person who totally abstains from intoxicating beverages |
| bow | forward part of a ship; prow |
| brine | salty water | ocean; sea; the deep |
| doldrums | calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator | listlessness |
| flotsam | wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea; driftage |
| jetsam | goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in distress |
| jettison | throw (goods) overboard to lighten a ship or plane; discard |
| leeward | in the direction away from the wind |
| marine | of the sea or shipping; nautical; maritime |
| mariner | sailor; seaman |
| starboard | pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship when you face the bow (forward) |
| carrion | decaying flesh of a carcass |
| contaminate | make impure by mixture; pollute |
| dross | wase; refuse |
| expurgate | remove objectionable material from a book; bowdlerize; purify |
| immaculate | spotless; absolutely clean; pure; fault |
| offal | waste parts of a butchered animal; refuse; garbage |
| purge | cleanse; purify; rid of undesired element or person |
| slatternly | untidy; dirty from habitual neglect; slovenly |
| sloven | person habitually untidy, dirty, or careless in dress, habits, etc. |
| sordid | filthy; vile |
| squalid | filthy from neglect; dirty; degraded |
| squalor | filth; degradation; sordidness |
| sully | tarnish; besmirch; defile |
| adjacent | lying near or next to; bordering; adjoining |
| approximate | nearly correct |
| contiguous | touching; adjoining |
| environs | districts surrounding a place; suburbs |
| juxtapose | put sibe by side; put close together |
| juxtaposition | close or sibe by side position |
| propinquity | kinship | nearness of place; proximity |
