General IELTS Words for "Family"

Here, you will learn some English words related to Family that are necessary for the General Training IELTS exam.

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Vocabulary for IELTS General Training (Band 6-7)

foster parent [noun]

a person who takes someone else's child and raises them without legally becoming their parent

Ex: As a foster parent , he welcomed three siblings into his home , ensuring they stayed together .

foster child [noun]

a child placed in the temporary care of someone other than their biological or adoptive parents

widow [noun]

a married woman whose spouse is dead and has not married again

Ex: She has been a widow for five years since her husband ’s death .

widower [noun]

a man whose spouse is dead and has not remarried

Ex: After becoming a widower , he struggled with the loneliness .

ancestor [noun]

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

Ex: The family tree traced their ancestors back to the 1700s in Europe .

descendant [noun]

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

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legacy [noun]

something left behind by a person after they die

Ex: The antique furniture set was a treasured legacy that had been carefully preserved by the family for over a century .

family tree [noun]

a chart, showing the relationship between all the members of a family over a long period of time

Ex: Creating a family tree helped her understand her heritage and ancestry .

household [noun]

all the people living in a house together, considered as a social unit

Ex: The new neighbors introduced their household to everyone on the street during a welcome party .

tribe [noun]

a social group united by shared ancestry, culture, or customs

adoption [noun]

the legal act or process of taking someone else's child and raising them as one's own

Ex: The adoption was finalized after months of paperwork and home visits from social workers .

orphan [noun]

a child whose parents have died

Ex: She was determined to adopt an orphan and give them a loving home and family .

maternity [noun]

the quality or fact of being a mother to a child or children

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paternity [noun]

the quality or fact of being a father to a child or children

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Vocabulary for IELTS General Training (Band 6-7)
Size and Scale	Dimensions	Weight and Steadiness	Increase in Amount
Decrease in Amount	Intensity	Time and Duration	Space and Area
Shapes	Speed	Significance	Insignificance
Strength and Influence	Uniqueness	Commonness	Complexity
High Quality	Low Quality	Value	Challenges
Wealth and Success	Poverty and Failure	Age and Appearance	Body Shape
Wellness	Intellectual Capability	Intellectual Incapability	Positive Human Traits
Negative Human Traits	Moral Traits	Financial Behaviours	Social Behaviours
Short-tempered Traits	Positive Emotional Responses	Negative Emotional Responses	Positive Emotional States
Negative Emotional States	Tastes and Smells	Textures	Sounds
Temperature	Probability	Attempt and Prevention	Opinions
Thoughts and Decisions	Encouragement and Discouragement	Knowledge and Information	Request and Suggestion
Respect and Approval	Regret and Sadness	Relational Actions	Physical Actions and Reactions
Body Language and Gestures	Postures and Positions	Movements	Commanding and Giving Permissions
Engaging in Verbal Communication	Understanding and Learning	Perceiving The Senses	Predicting
Touching and Holding	Eating and Drinking	Preparing Food	Changing and Forming
Creating and Producing	Organising and Collecting	Hobbies and Routines	Shopping
Finance and Currency	Workplace	Office Life	Specialised Careers
Manual Labour Careers	Service and Support Careers	Creative and Artistic Careers	House
Human Body	Health	Sports	Sports Competitions
Transportation	Society	Social Events	Animals
City Parts	Food and Drinks	Friendship and Enmity	Gender and Sexuality
Family	Relationship Styles	Romantic Relationships	Positive Emotions
Negative Emotions	Travel and Tourism	Migration	Materials
Pollution	Disasters	Adverbs of Comment and Certainty	Adverbs of Manner
Weather	Adverbs of Degree	Adverbs of Time and Frequency	Adverbs of Purpose and Emphasis
Conjunctive Adverbs