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 |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| wont | accustomed |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| desiccate | to dry up |