embellish
/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/verb
Middle School
1
To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
2
To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
3
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing