adolescence, n. nonage, juniority, minority, youth.

adopt, v. father, affiliate; espouse, support, maintain.

adoption, n. affiliation, fathering; espousal.

adorn, v. decorate, beautify, embellish, deck, ornament, grace,
garnish, bedizen, bedeck, bestud, beset, emblazon. Antonyms: disfigure,
mar, deform.

adornment, n. ornamentation, decoration. Antonyms: disfigurement,
defacement.

adrift, a. and adv. drifting, derelict, lost.

adulterate, v. sophisticate.

adulterated, a. adulterate, impure, sophisticated.

adulteration, n. sophistication.

adultery, n. infidelity, criminal conversation.

advance, n. progress, progression, march, advancement, promotion,
preferment, elevation, appreciation, enhancement; overture, tender,
proposal, proffer, offer. Antonyms: retreat, retrogression, decline,
retrogradation, deterioration.

advance, v. progress, increase; promote, elevate; enhance, augment.
Antonyms: retreat, retrograde, decline, deteriorate.