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WW 11
Term | Definition |
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Augment | to increase in size,amount,or degree |
Benign | kind,gracious;gentle/favorable,not threatening |
Connoisseur | a person with extensive knowledge,especially of the fine arts as a person of refined taste |
Discern | to detect with the eyes to understand or comprehend. to add fictitious details to |
Execute | to carry out.to perform,to create,as a work of art,to put to death as a legal penalty |
Exemplify | to illustrate by being an example of |
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 | fame;honor |
Grotesque | so distorted or strange to appear as bizarre or comical |