adorn
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～ be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
adorn
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～ furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
adsorb
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～ accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
adulate
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～ flatter in an obsequious manner
adulterate
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～ corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
adumbrate
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～ describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
adumbrate
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～ give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
advance
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～ pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"
advance
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～ bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
advance
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～ increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
advance
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～ move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
advance
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～ cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"
advance
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～ develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
advance
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～ contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
advance
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～ develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
advance
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～ obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"; "win points"
advance
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～ rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points today"
advance
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～ move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
advance
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～ give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
advantage
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～ give an advantage to; "This system advantages the rich"