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 |
|---|---|
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |