7th Grade Vocabulary Quiz Weeks 19-20

greatly respected; holy; sacred

• malevolent
• pastoral
• hallowed
• connosseur

to detect with the eyes; to understand or comprehend

• augment
• exemplify
• embellish
• discern

showing ill will or hatred; producing harm or evil

• malevolent
• hallowed
• precarious
• discern

to illustrate by being an example of

• augment
• exemplify
• execute
• impersonate

fame; honor

• connosseur
• hallowed
• ornate
• renown

so distorted or strange as to appear bizarre or comical

• execute
• grostesque
• embellish
• malevolent

not safe or secure; dangerously uncertain

• precarious
• malevolent
• execute
• benign

to increase in size, amount, or degree

• exemplify
• impersonate
• augment
• languish

heavily and elaborately decorated

• embellish
• connosseur
• ornate
• precarious

to make beautiful by adding decorative elements or to add fictitious details to

• exemplify
• augment
• ornate
• embellish