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 |
|---|---|
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| writ | something written : writing |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |