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anachronism
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anything that is out of place in time.
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anon
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soon; shortly.
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antebellum
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before the war; especially before the American civil War.
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antediluvian
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old-fashioned; before the flood.
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atavism
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reversion to a primitive type; resemblance to a remote ancestor.
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augury
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the art of prophecy; an omen.
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biennial
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happening every two years.
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chronology
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arrangement of events in time; determination of dates.
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diurnal
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daily; of the daytime.
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eon
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long, indefinite period of time; thousands of years.
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ephemeral
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short-lived; transitory.
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epoch
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noteworthy period.
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generation
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the period of time between the birth of one group and that of its offspring.
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score
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twenty people or objects; twenty years.
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tercentenary
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a period of 300 years.
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