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 |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| ram | a male sheep |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |