5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 8
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Word
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Type
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Used in a Sentence
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Synonym
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adopt
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verb
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They will adopt a child.
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to take into one's family as your own child
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adore
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verb
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They adore their child.
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to regard with deep, often rapturous love
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adult
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noun
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You can vote when you are an adult.
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one who has attained maturity or legal age
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advance
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verb
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You advance to the head of the line.
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to move or cause to move forward
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noun
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It's an important advance in science.
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a forward move, as toward an objective
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advanced
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adj.
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It was an advanced idea.
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highly developed or complex
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advantage
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noun
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It is to our advantage.
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benefit or profit; gain
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adventure
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noun
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It was an exciting adventure.
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an unusual or exciting experience
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adverb
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noun
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An adverb modifies a verb.
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grammar term
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advertisement
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noun
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It was an advertisement for beer.
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a notice to sell designed to attract public attention
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advice
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noun
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Do you have some good advice?
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opinion about what could or should be done
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advise
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verb
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I advise you not to go there.
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to recommend; suggest
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verb
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I will advise you of their decision.
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to inform; notify
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