🇬🇧 Adolescent meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An adolescent is a young person who is in between being a child and being a grown-up. Their body, brain, and feelings are changing a lot as they grow into an adult. Adolescents may want more independence, have stronger opinions, and sometimes feel confused or emotional while they figure out who they are.

An adolescent can be “totally fine” one second and “the end of the world” the next, just because we ran out of their favorite cereal.

An adolescent can do a triple-level math problem, but somehow forgets how to put socks in the laundry basket.

Our adolescent said they’re too grown-up for toys, yet their shelf is guarded by 27 stuffed animals and a rubber duck army.

Every adolescent at the party pretended not to care about the cake, until someone cut it and they all moved at cheetah speed.

The adolescent said they were too old for cartoons, then secretly watched them for three hours straight.

An adolescent fell off a bike at the park. An adolescent with a skinned knee sat on a bench, breathing fast. Another adolescent ran over, handed a tissue, and laughed to ease the pain. The adolescent saw a taller face in a puddle, wiped a tear, and the adolescent grinned, pushed the bike, and rode home.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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