Family & Relationships vocabulary — B1
27 words of level B1 (Intermediate) from the “Family & Relationships” collection. Each one has a short definition in simple English; tap a word to open its dictionary page.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| spouse | husband or wife |
| ancestor | a person in your family who lived long ago |
| heir | person who gets money or a title after someone dies |
| nephew | son of your brother or sister |
| niece | daughter of your brother or sister |
| relative | person in your family |
| stepmother | woman who married your father after your mother |
| bond | a strong feeling that joins people together |
| colleague | someone in the same profession or company as you |
| relationship | how two people or things are connected |
| respect | to think highly of someone and treat them well |
| trust | to believe someone is good and honest |
| acquaintance | person you know but not as a close friend |
| affection | gentle feeling of love and caring |
| ally | person or country that helps you |
| companion | person you spend time with or travel with |
| loyalty | being true and always supporting someone |
| neighbor | person who lives near you |
| generation | all people born at about the same time |
| orphan | child whose parents have died |
| adolescence | time of life between child and adult |
| adoption | taking someone else's child as your own |
| divorce | legal end of a marriage |
| funeral | event when people say goodbye to a dead person |
| marriage | being married to someone |
| pregnant | having a baby growing inside your body |
| retirement | the time when you stop working because of age |
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