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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|---|---|
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
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| emollient | making soft or supple |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
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| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| expound | to set forth : state |