Education And Diversity Vocabulary

noun a sibling who is the child of one's stepparent

adjective related to or being a stepsibling

• The stepsibling is my parent's child from a previous marriage.
• My stepsibling and I get along really well.
• My stepbro is always borrowing my stuff without asking.
• Having a stepsibling is like gaining a built-in best friend.

verb to assimilate or cause to assimilate a different culture, typically the dominant one

• It is important for immigrants to acculturate to the customs and traditions of their new country.
• New students often struggle to acculturate to the social norms of their school.
• She had to acculturate to the hipster lifestyle of her new neighborhood.
• In order to succeed in the corporate world, one must acculturate to the cutthroat nature of business.