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 |
|---|---|
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |