5 Written Questions

1. out-of-date, no longer in use
2. of the time or state before the fall of mankind
3. pertaining to the world's first ages; primitive
4. 1. of or for youth; youthful 2. immature
5. forefather; ancestor; progenitor

5 Matching Questions

1. Decrepit
2. Nonage
3. Infantile
4. Antediluvian
5. Senile

1. a legal minority; period before maturity
2. b of or like an infant or infancy; childish
3. c antiquated; belonging to the time before the Biblical Flood
4. d showing the weakness of age
5. e weakened by old age

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. withered old woman
   1. Nonage
   2. Yore
   3. Callow
   4. Crone
2. 1. existing at the very beginning 2. elementary; primary; first in order
   1. Primeval
   2. Primordial
   3. Pristine
   4. Puerile
3. 1. published after the author's death 2. occurring after death
   1. Posthumous
   2. Mature
   3. Pristine
   4. Patriarch
4. long ago
   1. Yore
   2. Crone
   3. Hoary
   4. Nonage
5. 1. person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession 2. ex-member of the armed forces
   1. Venerable
   2. Mature
   3. Veteran
   4. Inveterate

5 True/False Questions

1. Puerile → foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish

   True        False

2. Pristine → foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish

   True        False

3. Contemporary (adj.) → person who lives at the same time as another

   True        False

4. Contemporary (n.) → of the same period or duration; modern; up-to-date

   True        False

5. Superannuated → foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish

   True        False