# Life Stages Expert

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- CEFR: C2 (Proficient)
- Theme: Society & Culture
- Words: 22
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Life Stages vocabulary for how English speaks carefully about the end of a life, including swan song, valediction and transience, plus octogenarian and…

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## Word list

* **bereavement** /bərˈivmənt/: The period of deep sadness after someone close to you dies. — “The company gives staff a week of **bereavement** leave.”
* **legacy** /ˈlɛɡəsi/: The lasting mark that a person's life or work leaves behind. — “Her **legacy** is the scholarship that still helps students.”
* **rite of passage**: A ceremony or experience that marks a person moving from one stage of life into the next. — “For many teenagers, a first job is a real **rite of passage**.”
* **senescence** /səˈnɛsəns/: The biological process of growing old. — “Scientists are studying **senescence** to understand why cells stop dividing.”
* **swan song**: A person's final performance or achievement before retiring or dying. — “The concert turned out to be the singer's **swan song**.”
* **obituary** /oʊˈbɪtʃuˌɛri/: A published notice about someone's life, printed shortly after they have died. — “The newspaper printed a long **obituary** for the retired judge.”
* **posthumous** /ˈpɑstʃʊməs/: Happening or given after a person has died. — “The soldier received a **posthumous** medal for his bravery.”
* **eulogy** /ˈjulədʒi/: A speech given at a funeral that praises the life of the person who has died. — “His daughter gave a moving **eulogy** at the funeral.”
* **valediction**: A formal act or speech of saying goodbye. — “The retiring headteacher gave a warm **valediction** to the graduating class.”
* **transience** /ˈtrænziəns/: The quality of lasting only a short time before passing or changing. — “The poem reflects on the **transience** of youth.”
* **octogenarian** /ˌɑktədʒɪˈnɛriən/: Someone between eighty and ninety years old. — “An **octogenarian** in the front row corrected the historian twice.”
* **intestate**: Having died without leaving a valid will. — “He died **intestate**, and the argument lasted longer than he had.”
* **scion** /ˈsaɪən/: A young member of a wealthy or important family. — “The gallery was opened by a **scion** of the banking family.”
* **nuptials** /ˈnʌptʃəlz/: A wedding ceremony. — “The **nuptials** were held in a chapel that seated forty at most.”
* **conjugal** /ˈkɑndʒəɡəl/: Relating to marriage and the relationship between husband and wife. — “The novel treats **conjugal** duty as a kind of quiet war.”
* **moribund** /ˈmɔrəbənd/: Close to death, or no longer active and about to end. — “He described the family firm as **moribund** rather than bankrupt.”
* **decrepitude**: The weak condition of being old and worn out. — “He wrote about **decrepitude** with more humour than self-pity.”
* **superannuated**: Too old to be useful or to continue working. — “The committee treated him as **superannuated** the day he turned sixty-five.”
* **venerable** /ˈvɛnərəbəl/: Deserving respect because of great age or long service. — “The **venerable** headmaster had taught three generations of the same family.”
* **patrimony** /ˈpætrəˌmoʊni/: Property or tradition inherited from your father or ancestors. — “The whole **patrimony** amounted to a farmhouse and forty acres.”
* **septuagenarian** /sɛpˌtʃuədʒəˈnɛriən/: Someone between seventy and eighty years old. — “A **septuagenarian** finished the course ahead of half the field.”
* **sexagenarian**: Someone between sixty and seventy years old. — “Every **sexagenarian** in the choir had been there since the seventies.”

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