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Vocab 11
pg. 75-79; fec.-ferv., full to over
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11/18/2011
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adolescent (adj.)
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growing from childhood to adulthood
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adolescent (n.)
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teenager
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antediluvian
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antiquated
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archaic
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old-fashioned
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callow
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young and inexperienced
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contemporary
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of the same period or duration

person who lives at 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 old age
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defunct
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dead
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forebear
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ancestor
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hoary
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gray with age
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infantile
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childish
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inveterate
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firmly established by age
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juvenile
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youthful
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longevity
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long life
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matriarch
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mother or ruler of a family
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mature
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full-grown
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nonage
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legal minority
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nonagenarian
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person in his/her 90's
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obsolescent
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going out of use
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obsolete
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no longer in use
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patriarch
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venerable old man
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posthumous
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published after the author's death
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primeval
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pertaining to the world's first ages
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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, long ago state
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puberty
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physical beginning of womanhood/manhood
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puerile
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foolish for a grown person to say or do
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senile
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showing the weakness of age
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superannuated
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extremely old
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venerable
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worthy of respect because of advanced age
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veteran
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person experienced in some occupation
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yore
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long ago
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ample
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describing a large amount of something
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burgeoning
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expanding rapidly
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capacious
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roomy
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copious
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plentiful
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permeated
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spread throughout
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prodigious
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enormous
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replete
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filled
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facilitate
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to make easier
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frivolous
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silly
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exhaustive
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thorough
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infamous
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notorious
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authoritarian
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like a dictator
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reticent
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quiet
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redundant
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extra
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deference
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showing respect
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vacillate
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to waiver between choices
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fervor
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passion
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