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 |
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| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |