Microsoft Word ielts 4000 Academic Word List

adhesive:
glue; paste ; substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
adjacent:
adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
adjoin:
be next to; be contiguous to; border on
adjust:
adapt; regulate
adjustment:
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
administer:
govern; supervise; give or apply medications
administration:
management; supervision; people who are in charge for management; activity of 
government for powers and duties
administrative:
of or relating to or responsible for administration
admiration:
favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval
admire:
regard with wonder or astonishment; view with surprise; marvel at
admission:
act or practice of admitting; power or permission to enter
admit:
permit to enter; receive; provide the right or a means of entrance to
admittedly:
doubtlessly; in an acknowledged manner; confessedly
adolescence:
state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period 
between youth and maturity
adolescent:
a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity;
adopt:
accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
adoption:
act of accepting with approval
adore:
worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and 
affection
adorn:
enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
adornment:
embellishment; decoration; something that beautifies or adorns; ornament
adult:
one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
advance:
proceed; move forward; improve; moving forward
advanced:
improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive
adventure:
something happens without design; chance; hazard; risk; danger

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