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Words for Basic IELTS

Words for Basic IELTS - Lesson 1

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Here you will learn some English words about family and relationships, such as "sibling", "motherhood", "acquaintance", etc. that are needed for the IELTS exam.
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sibling
noun

one's brother or sister

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spouse
noun

a male or female partner in a marriage

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adolescence
noun

a period in one's life between puberty and adulthood

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toddler
noun

a young child who is starting to learn how to walk

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bond
noun

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

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fatherhood
noun

the state of being a father to a child or children

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brotherhood
noun

the relationship between two or more brothers

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motherhood
noun

the state of being a mother to a child or children

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childhood
noun

the state of being a child

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pensioner
noun

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

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upbringing
noun

the way that our parents care for us or teach us to behave in our childhood

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acquaintance
noun

a person whom one knows but is not a close friend

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conflict
noun

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

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mother-in-law
noun

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

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father-in-law
noun

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

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brother-in-law
noun

the person who is the brother of one's spouse

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sister-in-law
noun

the person who is the sister of one's spouse

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to adopt
verb

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

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ancestor
noun

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

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to annul
verb

to officially cancel a marriage

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breakup
noun

the end of a relationship or an association

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close-knit
adjective

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

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descendant
noun

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

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custody
noun

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

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nuclear family
noun

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

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extended family
noun

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

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blended family
noun

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

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generation
noun

a group of people of about the same age partaking in a certain activity

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godparent
noun

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

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to inherit
verb

to receive money, property, etc. from someone after their demise

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kinship
noun

the relationship between the members of a family

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orphan
noun

a child whose parents have died

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stepparent
noun

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

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divorcee
noun

someone whose marriage is legally ended; a divorced person

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