GRE Word List
BURNISH
to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
The meaning of the word burnish is to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
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| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |