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 |
|---|---|
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| espouse | marry |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |