Vocabulary for IELTS (Basic) - Family and Relationships

one's brother or sister

a male or female partner in a marriage

a period in one's life between puberty and adulthood

a young child who is starting to learn how to walk

a relationship formed between people or groups based on mutual experiences, ideas, feelings, etc.

the state of being a father to a child or children

the relationship between two or more brothers

the state of being a mother to a child or children

the state of being a child

a retired person who gets an amount of money each month, called pension, usually from the government

the manner in which a child is raised, including the care, guidance, and teaching provided by parents or guardians

a person whom one knows but is not a close friend

an instance of serious opposition between ideas, values, or interests

someone who is the mother of a person's wife or husband

someone who is the father of a person's wife or husband

the person who is the brother of one's spouse

the person who is the sister of one's spouse

to take someone's child into one's family and become their legal parent

a blood relative who lived a long time ago, usually before one's grandparents

to officially cancel a marriage

the end of a relationship or an association

(of a group of people) having a strong friendly relationship with shared interests

someone who shares the same blood with a specific person who lived many years ago

the legal right to keep a thing or to take care of a person

a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not any other relatives

a large family group consisting of parents and children that might also include grandparents, aunts, or uncles

a family in which the parents live with the children from their own relationship along with the children from previous ones

a group of people belonging to a particular age group or time period partaking in a certain activity

someone who takes responsibility and raises someone else's child in Christian faith

to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away

the relationship between the members of a family

a child whose parents have died

someone who is married to either one of our parents but is not our real parent

a woman who has undergone a divorce, indicating that she was previously married but is now legally separated from her spouse