Ch 3 Group 16 Flashcards
Adolescent
Teenager
Adolescent
Teenage period
Antediluvian
Belonging to time period of the biblical flood
Archaic
Old fashioned, no longer used
Callow
Young and inexperienced
Contemporary
Of the same period or duration
Contemporary
Person who lives at the same time as another
Crone
Withered old woman
Decrepit
Weakened by old age
Defunct
Dead; deceased
Forebear
Progenitor; ancestor
Hoary
White or gray with age
Infantile
Of or like an infant
Juvenile
Of or for yourh
Longevity
Long life
Matriach
Mother and ruler of a family or tribe
Mature
Full grown; ripe
Nonage
Legal minority
Nonagenarian
Person 90-99 years old
Obsolescent
Going out of use, becoming obsolete
Obsolete
No longer in use
Patriarch
Father and ruler of a family or tribe
Posthumous
Published after an authors death
Prelapsarian
Of the time or state before the fall of mankind
Primeval
Pertaining to the worlds first ages; primitive
Primordial
Existing at the very beginning
Pristine
In original long ago state
Puberty
Physical beginning of manhood
Puerile
Foolish for a grown person to do
Senile
Showing weakness of age
Superannuated
retired on a pension
Venerable
Worthy of respect because of advanced age
Veteran
Person experienced
Yore
Long ago