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 |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| leery | suspicious |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |