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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
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| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| osseous | bony |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
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