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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enduringlasting
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
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solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
endemicbelonging or native to a particular people or country
discriminateto mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
inertlacking the power to move