Lesson 10 Flashcards
Benign
Kind, gracious, gentle
Favorable, not threatening
Augment
To increase in size amount or degree
Connoisseur
A person with extensive knowledge, especially of the fine arts
Discern
To detect with the eyes
To understand or comprehend
To recognize as separate or different
Embellish
To make beautiful by adding decorative elements
To add fictitious details to
Execute
To carry out, perform
To create as a work of art
To put to death as a legal punishment
Exemplify
To illustrate by being an example of
Grotesque
So distorted or strange as to appear bizarre or comical
Hallowed
Greatly respected, holy, sacred
Impersonate
To mimic
To assume the character or appearance of
Malevolent
Showing ill will or hatred, producing harm or evil
Ornate
Heavily and elaborately decorated
Pastoral
Shepherds and herders
Relating to country life as charming or simple
Precarious
Not safe or secure, dangerously uncertain
Renown
Fame, honor