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 |
|---|---|
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| rightful | just |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |