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 |
|---|---|
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| brazen | made of brass |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| retiring | reserved |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |