Wordly Wise List 11-12

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augment

Back

To increase in size, amount, or degree

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benign

Back

Kind, gracious, gentle

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connoisseur

Back

Person with refined taste

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discern

Back

To detect, to understand, to recognize as different

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embellish

Back

To make beautiful, to add fictitious details to

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execute

Back

To carry out, to create, to put to death

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exemplify

Back

To be an example of

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grotesque

Back

Distorted or strange, scary or gross

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hallowed

Back

Holy, sacred

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impersonate

Back

To mimic, to assume appearance of