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