People Vocabulary

Adolescent = teenager

Sentence- He saw the unique characteristics of adolescent thought and personality as a normal outgrowth of development.

Sibling = brother or sister

Sentence- When parents become involved in sibling arguments they have to be very careful not make the situation worse rather than better.

Characteristic = a typical or noticeable quality of someone or something

Sentence- Modernism was the characteristic expression of the experience of modernity.

Responsibility = duty

Sentence- If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shouldres.

Individual = a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which they belong

Sentence- Their research shows that the average individual watches around three and a half hours of television per day.

Resemble = to look like or be like someone or something

Sentence- In self-defeating organizations, poor performance comes to resemble this sort of eternally perpetuating cycle.

Reliable = Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way you expect

Sentence- The manager thought he was a reliable person and told him all about the new plan.

Bond = close tie / link

Sentence- There has been a close bond between them ever since she saved him from drowning.

Conscious = aware

Sentence- The invading force, conscious of their numerical inferiority at sea, decided on an airborne attack.

Inherent = existing as a natural or basic part of something

Sentence- International events have shown that there is an inherent contradiction between a one-party state and mass democracy.

Self-esteem = belief and confidence in your own ability and value

Sentence- Poor self-esteem is at the centre of many of the difficulties we experience in our relationships.

Stereotypical = a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong

Sentence- All capitalists are not like the stereotypical tycoons: heartless moguls with cigars, double-breasted suits, and limos.

Fallible = able to make mistakes and be wrong

Sentence- A fallible observation statement might be rejected and the fallible theory with which it clashes retained.

Sociable = friendly or seeking company

Sentence- The social life is an important facet of university education, and Eva had always been a sociable person.

Tendency = If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or like it.

Sentence- Industry showed a tendency towards increasingly centralized administration.

Gender = sex (male or female)

Sentence- Gender differences are becoming more blurred as both sexes become more liberated.

Lifetime = the period of time during which someone lives or something exists

Sentence- It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone – but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Empathise = understand someone’s feelings

Sentence- Her ability to empathise and her fearless courage in holding up her own dark past to the limelight, meant she could really connect with her guests and her audience.

Hardwired = automatic behavior

Sentence- Another question mark will be how the offering apportions the values of Wired, HotWired and HardWired.

Habitually = usually or repeatedly

Sentence- Estate agents’ advertisements habitually claim that country houses are suitable for every use from country clubs to prestige headquarters.