Vocab Quiz #5

adolescent (adj)

adolescent (n)

growing from childhood to adulthood; roughly, of the teenage period

teenager

antediluvian

antiquated; belonging to the time before the Biblical Flood

archaic

no longer used, except in a special context; old-fashioned

Callow

young and inexperienced; unfledged

Contemporary

person who lives at the same time as another

Crone

withered old woman

Decrepit

weakened by old age

Defunct

dead; deceased; extinct

Forebear

forefather; ancestor; progenitor

Hoary

1. white or gray with age

2. ancient

infantile

of or like an infant or infancy; childish

inveterate

1. firmly established by age; deep-rooted

2. habitual

juvenile

1. of or for youth; youthful

2. immature

longevity

1. long life

2. length of life

nonage

legal minority; period before maturity

nonagenarian

person 90-99 years old

obsolescent

going out of use; becoming obsolete

obsolete

no longer produced or used; out of date

patriarch

1. father and ruler of a family or tribe; founder

2. highly respected old man

posthumous

1. Published after the death of the author. 2. Following or happening after one's death.

prelapsarian

of the time or state before the fall of mankind

primordial

1. existing at the very beginning

2. elementary; primary; first in order

pristine

in original, long-ago state; uncorrupted

puerile

foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish

senile

showing the weakness of age

superannuated

1. retired on a pension; advanced in years; very old

2. incapacitated by age

venerable

worthy of respect because of advanced age, achievement, virtue, or historical importance

veteran

1. person experienced in some occupation, art, or profession

2. ex-member of the armed forces

yore

(always preceded by of) long ago

abstemious

sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent

carousal

drinking party; drunken revelry

dipsomania

abnormal, uncontrollable craving for alcohol; alcoholism

inebriated

drunk, intoxicated

sober

1. not drunk; temperate

2. serious; free 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

1. salty water

2. ocean; sea; the deep

doldrums

1. calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator

2. 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

to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane

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 are on deck and facing the bow

carrion

decaying flesh of a carcass

contaminate

make impure by mixture; pollute; defile

dross

waste; refuse

expurgate

(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

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

contiguous

touching; adjoining

environs

districts surrounding a place; suburbs

juxtapose

put side by side; put close together

propinquity

1. kinship

2. nearness of place; proximity

primeval

pertaining to the world's first ages; primitive