Wordly Wise 11 Flashcards
Augment
To increase in size, amount, or degree
Benign
Kind; gracious; gentle
Connoisseur
A person with extensive knowledge, especially of the fine arts; a person of refined taste
Discern
To detect with the eyes.
To understand or comprehend.
Embellish
To make beautiful by adding decorative elements
Execute
To carry out; to perform.
To create, as a work of art
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 assume the character or appearance of.
To mimic
Malevolent
Showing ill will or hatred; producing harm or evil.
Ornate
Heavily and elaborately decorated
Pastoral
Having to do with shepherds and herders.
Relating to country life, and often presented as charmingly simple.
Precarious
Not safe or secure; dangerously uncertain.
Renown
Not safe or secure; dangerously uncertain