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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
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| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
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| redress | to set right : remedy |