Vocab week 11 flash cards

Question 1

Augment

Answer 1

1.To increase in size, amount, or degree

Question 2

Benign

Answer 2

1. Kind; gracious; gentle

2. Favorable; not threatening

Question 3

Connoisseur

Answer 3

1.A person with extensive knowledge, especially of the fine arts; a person of refined taste

Question 4

Discern

Answer 4

1. To detect with the eyes
2. To understand or comprehend
3. To recognize as separate or different

Question 5

Embellish

Answer 5

1. To make beautiful by adding decorative elements

2. To add fictitious details to

Question 6

Execute

Answer 6

1. To carry out; to perform
2. To create as a work of art
3. To put to death as a legal penalty

Question 7

Exemplify

Answer 7

1.To illustrate by being an example of

Question 8

Grotesque

Answer 8

1.So distorted or strange as to appear bizarre or comical

Question 9

Hallowed

Answer 9

1.Greatly respected; holy;sacred

Question 10

Impersonate

Answer 10

1. To assume the character or appearance of

2. To mimic

Question 11

Malevolent

Answer 11

1. Showing ill will or hatred; producing harm or evil

2. A feeling or expression of ill will

Question 12

Ornate

Answer 12

1.Heavily and elaborately decorated

Question 13

Pastoral

Answer 13

1. Having to do with shepherds and herders

2. Relating to country life, and often presented as charmingly simple

Question 14

Precarious

Answer 14

1.Not safe or secure; dangerously uncertain

Question 15

Renown

Answer 15

1. Fmae; honor

2. Famous; honored