Vocabulary lesson 15
Definitions and samples
- unleash (v.) to release a thing or an emotion
– By the end of October you’ll have discovered another way to unleash your talent.
- bachelor (n.) a man who has not married
– Ryan is a confirmed bachelor.
- admonish (v.) to caution, criticize, reprove
– she admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven.
- adorn (v.) make more beautiful or attractive
– She’s long given up painting, although pieces of her artwork adorn their house.
- advocate (v.) to argue in favor of something
– they advocated an ethical foreign policy.