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WW Lesson 11
Vocabulary Words and Definitions for SIS 8th Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To increase in size, amount, or degree | Augment |
| Kind; gracious; gentle | Benign |
| Favorable; not threatening | Benign |
| A person with extensive knowledge, especially of the fine arts; a person of refined taste | Connoisseur |
| To detect with the eyes | Discern |
| To understand or comprehend | Discern |
| To recognize as separate or different | Discern |
| To make beautiful by adding decorative elements | Embellish |
| To add fictitious details to | Embellish |
| To carry out; to perform | Execute |
| To create, as a work of art | Execute |
| To put to death as a legal penalty | Execute |
| To illustrate by being an example of | Exemplify |
| So distorted or strange as to appear bizarre or comical | Grotesque |
| Greatly respected; holy; sacred | Hallowed |
| To assume the character or appearance of | Impersonate |
| To mimic | Impersonate |
| Showing ill will or hatred; producing harm or evil | Malevolent |
| Heavily and elaborately decorated | Ornate |
| Having to do with shepherds and herders | Pastoral |
| Relating to country life, and often presented as charmingly simple | Pastoral |
| Not safe or secure; dangerously uncertain | Precarious |
| Fame; honor | Renown |