Adolescence /ˌæd

adapt /əˈdæpt/ verb BECOME FAMILIAR
2. [ I ] to become familiar with a new situation
The good thing about children is that they adapt very easily to new environments.
It took me a while to adapt to the new job.
combat /ˈkɒm.bæt/ /ˈkɑːm-/ noun
1. [ C or U ] a fight, especially during a war
There was fierce combat between the two sides.
No one knew how many troops had died in combat.
The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
armed combat (= fighting with weapons)
unarmed combat (= fighting without weapons)
2. [ C ] a fight between two people or things
The film explores the combat between good and evil.
cultivate /ˈkʌl.tɪ.veɪt/ /-t ̬ə-/ verb [ T ] USE LAND
1. to prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop
Most of the land there is too poor to cultivate.
The villagers cultivate mostly maize and beans.
eradicate /ɪˈræd.ɪ.keɪt/ verb [ T ] formal
to get rid of completely or destroy something bad
The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption.
The disease which once claimed millions of lives has now been eradicated.
evolve /ɪˈvɒlv/ /-ˈvɑːlv/ verb [ I or T ]
to develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
Humans evolved from apes.
The company has evolved over the years into a multi-million dollar organization.
Bacteria are evolving resistance to antibiotics.
hibernate /ˈhaɪ.bə.neɪt/ /-bɚ-/ verb [ I ]
(of some animals) to spend the winter sleeping
The turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year.