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 |
|---|---|
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| auroral | dawn |
| harass | exhaust |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |