GRE Word List
EMBELLISH
to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate
The meaning of the word embellish is to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |