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 |
|---|---|
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| hardy | bold |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |