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

WordMeaning
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
leerysuspicious
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
phobiaan exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
stupora condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
egressa place or means of going out : exit