Both Uses of
embellish
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- My eyes were okay— they were mud-colored on an average day and green if I felt like embellishing—but most of all, they showed the part of me I was proud of: my intelligence.†
*embellishing = making something more attractive or interesting by adding to it
- What if the gospels that had been dismissed and debunked were the real ones, and the ones that had been picked for the New Testament were the embellished versions?†
embellished = made more attractive or interesting through additions
Definition:
add to something -- typically to make it more attractive or interesting