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 |
|---|---|
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |