GRE Word List
EMBELLISH
to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate
The meaning of the word embellish is to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate.
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|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
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| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
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| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| nourishment | food |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
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