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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| hubbub | noise |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |