GRE Word List
EMBELLISH
adorn; ornament; enhance as a story (by adding fictitious details)
The meaning of the word embellish is adorn; ornament; enhance as a story (by adding fictitious details).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rehabilitate | restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of |
| artless | without guile; open and honest |
| porous | full of pores; like a sieve |
| sublimate | refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state |
| rail | complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices |
| dilute | make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president |
| diversion | act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse |
| podium | pedestal; raised platform |
| jurisprudence | science of law |
| onomatopoeia | words formed in imitation of natural sounds |