VOCABULARY 1 Solve the following crossword puzzle about Adolescence. ACROSS The physical and/or social condition of being male or female. A clear liquid that can make you drunk. Something very good and difficult that you have succeeded in doing. The particular things that a person prefers, believes, thinks, or usually does. A promise or firm decision to do something. The condition of being very near. Who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others. The act of trying to make someone else do something by arguing, persuading, etc. An .................................... drug is one that you cannot stop taking once you have started. Belief and confidence in your own ability and value. 1. 4. 5. 8. 9. 11. 12. 14. 15. 17. DOWN The process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes more advanced. The feeling of liking another adult very much and being romantically and sexually attracted to them, or strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family. The feeling of liking someone, especially sexually, because of the way they look or behave. The period of time in a person’s life when they are developing into an adult. Websites and computer programs that allow people to communicate and share information on the Internet using a computer or mobile phone. The activity or habit of breathing smoke into the mouth and usually lungs from a cigarette, pipe, etc. A strong but temporary feeling of liking someone. Natural or artificially made chemicals that are taken for pleasure, to improve someone’s performance of an activity, or because a person cannot stop using them. A person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group. A young person between 13 and 19 years old. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 10. 11. 13. 14. 16.