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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |