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 |
|---|---|
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| enduring | lasting |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
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| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| inert | lacking the power to move |