Vocab 3.16 Age
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adolescent (adj.) | growing from childhood to adulthood; roughly, of the teenage period |
| adolescent (n.) | teenager |
| antediluvian (adj.) | antiquated; belonging to the time before the Biblical Food (when all except Noah and his family perished) |
| archaic (adj.) | no longer used, except in a special context; old-fashioned |
| callow (adj.) | young and inexperienced; unfledged |
| contemporary (adj.) | 1. of the same period or duration 2. modern; up-to-date |
| contemporary (n.) | person who lives at the same time as another |
| crone (n.) | withered old woman |
| decrepit (adj.) | weakened by old age |
| defunct (adj.) | dead; deceased; extinct |
| forebear (n.) | forefather; ancestor; progenitor |
| hoary (adj.) | 1. white or gray with age 2. ancient |
| infantile (adj.) | of or like an infant or infancy; childish |
| inveterate (adj.) | 1. firmly established by old age; deep-rooted 2. habitual |
| juvenile (adj.) | 1. of or for youth; youthful 2. immature |
| longevity (n.) | 1. long life 2. length of life |
| matriarch (n.) | 1. mother and ruler of a family or tribe; founder 2. highly respected old woman |
| mature (adj.) | 1. full-grown; ripe 2. carefully thought out |
| nonage (n.) | legal minority; period before maturity |
| nonagenarian (n.) | person 90-99 years old (note also octogenarian, person 80-89 years old, and septuagenarian, person 70-79 years old) |
| obsolescent (adj.) | going out of use; becoming obsolete |
| obsolete (adj.) | no longer in use; out-of-date |
| patriarch (n.) | 1. father and ruler of family or tribe; founder 2. highly respected old man |
| posthumous (adj.) | 1. published after the author's death 2. occuring after death |
| prelapsarian (adj.) | of the time or state before the fall of mankind (ant. postlapsarian) |
| primeval (adj.) | pertaining to the world's first ages; primitive |
| primordial (adj.) | 1. existing at the very beginning 2. elementary; primary; first in order |
| pristine (adj.) | in orignial, long-ago state; uncorrupted |
| puberty (n.) | physical beginning of manhood (at about age 14) or womanhood (at about age 12) |
| puerile (adj.) | foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish |
| senile (adj.) | showing the weakness of age |
| superannuated (adj.) | 1. retired on a pension; advanced in years; very old 2. incapacitated by age |
| venerable (adj.) | worthy of respect because of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance |
| veteran (n.) | 1. person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession 2. ex-member of the armed forces |
| yore (n.) | (always preceded by of) long ago |
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