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 |
|---|---|
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| microcosm | a little world |