# Life Stages Advanced

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- CEFR: C1 (Advanced)
- Theme: Society & Culture
- Words: 20
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Life Stages vocabulary for a life seen as a sequence of stages, including milestone, vulnerable and centenarian, plus probate and executor.

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## Word list

* **infancy** /ˈɪnfənsi/: The earliest stage of life, when a person is still a baby. — “Most children start walking towards the end of **infancy**.”
* **milestone** /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/: An important event that marks a new stage in someone's development. — “Her first day at school marks an important **milestone**.”
* **formative** /ˈfɔrmətɪv/: Having a strong effect on how someone's character develops, especially in the early years. — “Those summers on my grandparents' farm were **formative** for me.”
* **mortality** /mɔrˈtæləti/: The fact that everyone will eventually die. — “The illness made him think seriously about his own **mortality**.”
* **twilight years**: The final years of a person's life, usually in old age. — “She spent her **twilight years** painting by the sea.”
* **prime** /praɪm/: The period of a person's life when they are strongest, healthiest or most successful. — “The athlete was in her **prime** when she won the title.”
* **demise** /dɪˈmaɪz/: A formal word for someone's death. — “The newspaper reported the sudden **demise** of the businessman.”
* **generational** /ˌdʒɛnərˈeɪʃənəl/: Relating to a whole group of people born and living at around the same time. — “The show explored the **generational** gap between parents and teenagers.”
* **vulnerable** /ˈvʌlnərəbəl/: Easily hurt or affected, especially because of age or circumstances. — “Charities offer extra support to **vulnerable** elderly people in winter.”
* **demographic** /ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪk/: A particular group of people, especially defined by age, income or background. — “The product is aimed at a younger **demographic**.”
* **centenarian** /ˌsɛntəˈnɛriən/: Someone who has lived to a hundred years old. — “The village has produced three **centenarian** residents in a decade.”
* **estrangement** /ɪˈstreɪndʒmənt/: A state of no longer being close to a family member. — “Twenty years of **estrangement** ended with a single phone call.”
* **probate** /ˈproʊˌbeɪt/: The legal process of proving a will and settling what someone left. — “**Probate** took eighteen months and swallowed most of the estate.”
* **dynasty** /ˈdaɪnəsti/: A family whose members hold power or influence over several generations. — “The **dynasty** ran the mill for a hundred and forty years.”
* **bloodline** /ˈblʌdˌlaɪn/: The line of ancestors a person or animal descends from. — “The **bloodline** is documented back to the eighteenth century.”
* **geriatric** /ˌdʒɛriˈætrɪk/: Relating to the medical care of very old people. — “The **geriatric** ward is on the third floor of the old building.”
* **nurture** /ˈnɜrtʃər/: To care for and encourage someone while they are growing. — “Schools cannot **nurture** a child the way a stable home does.”
* **wean** /win/: To gradually stop feeding a baby milk and start giving it other food. — “Doctors advise parents to **wean** a child at around six months.”
* **executor** /ɪɡˈzɛkjətər/: The person named in a will to carry out its instructions. — “As **executor** she had to sell a house she had grown up in.”
* **guardianship** /ˈɡɑrdiənʃɪp/: The legal responsibility of caring for a child or an adult who cannot manage alone. — “The court granted **guardianship** to her uncle within a month.”

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