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embellish

verbCommon GRE wordMore E words

to decorate, or to add invented details to make more appealing

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Embellish in a sentence

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He tended to embellish his stories to make them sound heroic.

Synonyms
adornornamentelaborate
Antonyms
simplifystrip
Common questions

Questions about “embellish

Embellish (verb) means to decorate, or to add invented details to make more appealing
Here is embellish used in an example sentence: "He tended to embellish his stories to make them sound heroic."
Common synonyms for embellish include adorn, ornament, elaborate.
Antonyms of embellish include simplify, strip.
Embellish is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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