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 |
|---|---|
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |