embellishment (e.g. of a story)
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The stage costumes are lavishly decorated to captivate the audience.
He embellished his resume to make himself look better than he actually was.
The company's falsified financial statements were discovered, and its stock price plummeted.
The story embellishes historical facts to portray them dramatically.
Kanji that make up this word
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