What is the definition of embellish?
Read the sentence, then answer the question. In this
quotation, the detective Sherlock Holmes is speaking to
his friend Dr. Watson
"You have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm
which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will
excuse my saying so, somewhat to embellish so many of
my own little adventures."
- The Red-Headed League,"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
to quickly summarize
to write in prose form
to join in on
to add exciting details to

to add exciting details to

Explanation:

Embellish means to make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features and to make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.