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- archaic
- (adj) An _____ meaning of the word "quick" is "living" as in the Bible phrase "the quick and the dead".
- primeval
- (adj) From the exposed rock strata in the Grand Canyon, scientists have learned much about _____ life on this planet.
- matriarch
- (n) Mama, in "A Raisin in the Sun", is the _____ of the Younger family.
- decrepit
- (adj) Several ____ inmates had to be carried to safety when the nursing home was evacuted during the fire.
- puberty
- (n) Among the changes in boys at _____ are a deepening of the voice and the growth of hair on the face.
- Venerable
- (adj) At family reunions, our ______ grandmother, now past 80, sits at the head of the table.
- contemporary
- (adj) The English Renaissance was not _________ with Italian Reniassance; it came two centuries later. (n) Benjamin Franklin was Thomas Jefferson's _______.
- antediluvian
- (adj) Compared with today's supersonic jets, the plane the Wright brothers flew in 1903 seems _______.
- veteran
- (n) 1) In her bid for reelection, the mayor - a ______ of 20 years in public service - cited her opponent's lack of experience. 2) Many _____s o f the Vietnam War found it hard to readjust to civilian life.
- defunct
- (adj) The Acme Lumber Company is still in business, but the Equity Appliance Corporation has long been _______.
- callow
- (adj) A prudent executive cannot be expected to entrust the management of a company to a _____ youth just out of college.
- nonage
- (n) On his 21st birthday, the heir assumed control of his estate from the trustees who had administered it during his _____.
- puerile
- (adj) Some thought it was fun to throw snowballs at passing cars; otehrs considered it ______.
- nonagenarian
- (n) George Benard Shaw, among his many other distinctions, was a _______, for he lived to be 94.
- Mature
- (adj) 1) Rita, 23, was not appointed manager because the employer wanted a more ____ person in that position. 2) These are ____ plans, they were not devised hastily.
- Crone
- (n) The use of the word ____ is unfair to women because there is no corresponding word for a "withered old man".
- yore
- (n) In days of ___ there was trial by combat; today, we have trial by jury.
- infantile
- (adj) A child may revert to the _____ act of thumbsucking when insecure.
- patriarch
- (n) 1) Practically all of the _________'s children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren attended his 80th birthday. 2) According to the Bible, the human family is descended from the ______ Adam and his wife Eve.
- obsolete
- (adj) The calculator has made the slide rule ______.
- longevity
- (n) 1) Methuselah is renowned for his _______; according to the Bible, he lived for 969 years. 2) Medical advances are prolonging the average person's ________.
- Hoary
- (adj) 1) Santa Claus is usually portrayed as an elderly stout man with a ______ beard. 2) The plot of the novel is based on one of the ____ legends of the Ancient Greek.
- adolescent
- (adj) Boys and girls undergo many changes in their _____ years. (n) As _________s develop into adults, they tend to become more self confident.
- inveterate
- (adj) 1) From their ancestors, Americans have inherited an _____ dislike of tyranny. 2) My cousin would like to give up cigarettes, but it will not be easy; she is an _____ smoker.
- obsolescent
- (adj) The company will soon have to replace its _______ machinery if it is to compete successfully with rivals who have state of the art equipment.
- forebear
- (n) The word of our _____s centuries ago was much less polluted.
- posthumous
- (adj) 1) Only two of Emily Dickinson's poems were published before her death, the rest were ______. 2) ________ fame is of no use to an artist who struggles for a lifetime and dies unknown.
- superannuated
- (adj) Some _______ citizens can be more productive than many still in the work force.
- primordial
- (adj) 1) Humanity's ________ conflict with the enviroment has continued to the present day. 2) One of the ________ concepts of science is that light travels at the rate of 186,000 miles per second.
- Juvenile
- (adj) 1) Books for grade-school children are usually located in the _____ section of the library. 2) Jody suggested we play hide and seek, but we told her not to be ______.
- pristine
- (adj) A diamond in its ____ state as it comes from the mine looks altogether different from the diamond in the ring.
- senile
- (adj) Grandfather no longer has the energy he used to have. He often forgets things. He is becoming ____.