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 |
|---|---|
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| billowing | wave |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |