Lesson 10 Flashcards

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Benign

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Kind, gracious, gentle

Favorable, not threatening

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Augment

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To increase in size amount or degree

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Connoisseur

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A person with extensive knowledge, especially of the fine arts

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Discern

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To detect with the eyes
To understand or comprehend
To recognize as separate or different

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Embellish

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To make beautiful by adding decorative elements

To add fictitious details to

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Execute

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To carry out, perform
To create as a work of art
To put to death as a legal punishment

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Exemplify

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To illustrate by being an example of

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Grotesque

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So distorted or strange as to appear bizarre or comical

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Hallowed

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Greatly respected, holy, sacred

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Impersonate

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To mimic

To assume the character or appearance of

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Malevolent

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Showing ill will or hatred, producing harm or evil

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Ornate

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Heavily and elaborately decorated

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Pastoral

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Shepherds and herders

Relating to country life as charming or simple

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Precarious

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Not safe or secure, dangerously uncertain

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Renown

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Fame, honor

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