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English
9th Grade
09/29/2008

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adolescent
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teenager
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antediluvian
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antiquated, belonging to time before Bible
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archaic
Definition
no longer used,except in special context, old-fashioned
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crone
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withered old women
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decrepit
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weakened by age
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hoary
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white/grey with age, ancient
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inveterate
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firmly established by age, habitual, deep-rooted
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nonage
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legal minority, period before maturity
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primordial
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existing at very begining
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peurile
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foolish for a grown person to do/say, childish
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senile
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showing the weakness of age
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venerable
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worthy of respect because of advd age, achievement, or historical importance
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yore
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long ago, always preceded by of
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carousal
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jovial eating or drinking party
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inebriated
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drunk, intoxicated
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sobriety
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temperance, abstinence
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sot
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person made foolish by excessive drinking, drunkard
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jetsam-goods tossed overboard to lighten ship
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flotsam-wreckage of ship
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jettison
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throw goods overboard to lighten ship
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leeward:direction away from wind
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Windward: towards wind
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starboard:right side
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port:left side
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bow:front
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stern:back
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dross
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waste,refuse
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expurgate
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remove objectionable material from a book, bowlderize, purify
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offal
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waste of a butchered animal, refuse, garbage
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slatternly
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untidy, dirty from habitual neglect, slovenly
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squalid
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filthy from neglect, dirty, degraded
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squalor
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filth, degradation, sordidness
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sully
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tarnish, besmirch, defile
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contiguous
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touching, adjoining
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environs
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districts surrounding a place, suburbs
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propinquity
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kinship, nearness of place, proximity
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