Essentials Vocabulary - Week 16
embellish: Meaning
[em-BEL-ish) Verb To beautify by adding decorative details or features. ●
Usage ●
The cake is embellished with colourful candies and tasty marshmallows. Do not embellish your speech too much, as it can get boring.
Synonyms
adorn, bedeck, embroider, overstate
Antonyms
decrease, harm, lessen, reduce
embezzle:
[em-BEZ-uh I) Verb
Meaning
Usage
To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, such as money or property entrusted to one's care. ● ●
They found out about the plan to embezzle the company funds. The thieves embezzled a large amount of money.
Synonyms
steal, filch, appropriate, loot, pilfer
Antonyms
give, receive
empathetic: Meaning Usage
[em-puh-THET-ik) Adjective Identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others. ● ●
Mary is empathetic to the situation of the victims of the disaster. The children like talking to the empathetic counsellor.
Synonyms
understanding, compassionate, sensitive
Antonyms
indifferent, merciless