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Juvenile | A person under the age of eighteen. | Joo-ven-nile | Delinquent | A person who often breaks the law. | Dee-lin-quent | misdemeanour | A not so serious crime. | mis-dee-mean-nor | The police officer caught the juvenile delinquent in the middle of a misdemeanour. | |
Sophisticated | Well educated person | So-fist-tee-cated | Aristocrat | A person of a higher class in a society. | Are-rist-to-crat | Articulate | Able to express oneself clearly and intelligently. | Are-tic-u-late | The sophisticated aristocrat is very articulate. | |
Psychiatrist | A doctor who treats mental patients. | Sigh-kye-a-trist | Psychoanalyse | The process of understanding a mental patient. | Sigh-ko-an-a-lies | Psychopathic | A violent mental patient. | Sigh-ko-path-ic | The psychiatrist psychoanalysed the psychopathic killer. | |
Conscientious | Aware of other people's feelings | Con-see-en-tious | Sympathetic | Compassion for other people's pain. | Sim-path-et-tic | Destitute | Poor. | Des-tit-tute | The conscientious man was sympathetic to the destitute man. | |
Fastidious | Expects everything to be perfect. | Fast-tee-dious | Immaculate | Absolute perfection. | Im-mac-u-late | Perpetually | Forever. | Per-pet-tual-ly | The fastidious man perpetually cleaned his car to be immaculate. | |