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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WordMeaning
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
tritehackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
wontaccustomed
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
emendto correct usually by textual alterations
desiccateto dry up