Final TCB Vocab

I finished the Inner Circle almost 2 weeks ago but have been lax at blogging lately

Here are the final 2 words I learned from it (he used them in the same sentence):

senescence n

1. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age [syn: aging, ageing]

2. the property characteristic of old age [syn: agedness]

climacteric n.

1. A period of life characterized by physiological and psychic change that marks the end of the reproductive capacity of women and terminates with the completion of menopause.
2. A corresponding period sometimes occurring in men that may be marked by a reduction in sexual activity, although fertility is retained.