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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |